Implementing a Statewide Maternal Transport Nurse Course: An Academic and Clinical Partnership Margaret-Rose Agostino, DNP, MSW, RN-BC, CNE, IBCLC 9 th National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference Baltimore, Maryland October 5 8, 2016
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Implementing a Statewide Maternal Transport Nurse Course: An Academic & Clinical Collaboration Objectives: Describe how a statewide collaboration of academic and clinical providers promotes evidence-based nursing practice, creating a standard of care. Explain how collaboration of academic and clinical providers, and the coordination of resources promotes development of cost effective simulated learning experiences, for students and registered nurses, with goal of improving perinatal outcomes. Describe how a simulated transport, utilizing student nurses as standardized live patients, enhances the learning experience for both the labor and delivery nurse and the student nurse.
Greetings from Delaware 2 Academic Nursing Programs, Dover DE 1 RPC; 1 Level 2; 3 Community Birthing Hospitals
Statewide Needs Assessment: DE Healthy Mothers & Infants Consortium Standards of Care Wide variation r/t surveillance Need to standardize documentation & practice in keeping with national standards of care Need to provide standard education for ALL maternal transport RNs First request to DE Association of Women s Health Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Section Chair to coordinate Course Collaboration: Chrisitiana Care Critical Care Transport Team Educator Delaware State University Department of Nursing Delaware Perinatal Cooperative- a program of DE March of Dimes Delaware Child Death, Near Death & Still Birth Commission s Every Mother Initiative [ $1,000 funding] Wesley College Department of Nursing (Year 2)
Intra-organization Collaboration Delaware Section Standards of Care Committee Delaware Every Mother Initiative Creating a standard of care for the transportation of pregnant women by ambulance in Delaware.
Intra-discipline Nursing Collaboration & Course Development Critical Care Transport Educator, Carol Anne Faedtke, BSN, MJ, RN Development of Didactic Component Coordinate Transport Ambulance & Crew Conduct Transport Simulation DE Perinatal Cooperative Educator, Bridget Buckaloo, MSN, RN-BC Transport Flow Sheet Preterm Labor Order Set Reviewer Pre- and Post Test Overall Course Review DE State University DON Maternal Newborn & Women s Health Course Coordinator, & DE AWHONN Section Chair, MTNC Coordinator, Margaret-Rose Agostino, DNP, MSW, RN-BC, CNE, IBCLC Development Simulation Case Studies, Pre- & Posttests Course Coordination- registration, logistics, data management Reporting to DE Standards of Care Committee & course partners Department of Nursing
Department of Nursing Planning/Implementation Proposal to DON Chair Service Project for Seniors Pilot, Spring 2014 Inclusion as Service Learning for Maternal Newborn & Women s Health Course- Fall 2014 Service Project Spring 2015 DON- Provider of Contact Hours, Practice Lab, Equipment & Students; Approvals- Provost & Department Public Safety
Pilot April 2014 2 Sessions: 5 Transports 10 RNs 4 hospitals 2 Senior Student Nurses
Evaluation of Pilot Course L & D Nurse Outcomes Overall gain of knowledge & skills 100% support of course for all sending L & D Nurses in DE Excellent learning experience Definitely need to continue course I ve been on transports & learned new information today! Demonstrated competency through posttest & debriefing Student Nurse Outcome Participation reinforced theoretical Exposure to role of L &D RN outside of hospital setting Qualified for Service Hours I hadn t realized how much responsibility & continuing education was required of L & D Nurses. It gave me the opportunity to experience care from the client point of view.
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Established State Standard for DE Maternal Transport Nurses RN education mandated as part of State Transport Plan Hospitals endorsed staff as qualified to complete course DE AWHONN took lead to develop & Coordinate Course Monthly course offerings decrease impact on staffing DSU centrally located w facility capable of live simulation Fall Semester incorporated course as a clinical day Spring Semester Service Learning Opportunity Small grant [$1,000] for course materials, lunch for faculty Continued cooperation of hospitals to send staff Continued availability of Critical Care Educator, Ambulance & Ambulance Crew
Maternal Transport Nurse Course: Safety on the Road October 2014 April 2015, 10 Sessions 62 Nurses Completed Course General Knowledge Gain Posttest & Evals Commentary: Continue to offer program. Being able to go in ambulance very helpful. Live patients added reality 10 Student Nurses Standardized Pts. Greater appreciation of role & responsibilities of RN/Transport& Enhanced learning of course content- both theory & clinical Participation as service learning project viewed as valuable
2016 Challenges & Success Secure new course site Meet with DON Chair at NLN Summit Meet with Undergraduate Program Director Incorporation into Senior Level Leadership Course Approval from College Continuing Education Application to DNA for 2016 Course held in April [2 sessions] for newly qualifying RNs; collaboration with Wesley College Department of Nursing- 2 student nurses & facility use 16 L & D Nurses, 4 Hospitals Positive Evaluations- RNs & SNs Plan for future
Project Evaluation & Next Steps All 5 sending birthing hospitals in Delaware participated 84 Labor & Delivery Nurses Completed Course Knowledge gain Post-test; Skills demonstration 14 sessions [2 ½ years] at 2 BS Nursing Programs 22 Student Nurses Insight role of RN & leadership challenges Reinforce OB Clinical Next Steps Course Materials to Sending Hospitals Continuing Competency New Staff Orientation MT Evaluation- Perinatal Cooperative Ongoing review Standards of Care Committee
Thank you for attending. For additional information contact: mgtrosednp@gmail.com Implementing a Statewide Maternal Transport Nurse Course: An Academic & Clinical Collaboration EMBODIMENT OF THE DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE ESSENTIALS IN A PRACTICE CHANGE PROJECT