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Keywords

nursing experience

Disciplines

Nursing

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  • Prompt recognition of acute patient deterioration is essential, as timely intervention can mean the difference between recovery and further decline.
  • Nursing experience varies widely, from new graduate nurses with less than one year of practice to highly seasoned nurses. These experience levels directly influence confidence, clinical reasoning, and the ability to recognize and respondto emergent events.
  • Evidence demonstrates that simulation-based education like mock codes and rapid response drills enhance clinical competence, prompt critical thinking, and support strong team communication.
  • Despite strong evidence to support simulation-based learning, many units still lack a structured ongoing program.
  • Nurses are often the first to identify acute patient status changes, including arrhythmias, respiratory distress, chest pain, or early indicators of cardiac arrest.
  • Targeted simulation training may improve nurse confidence during acute events, thereby indirectly supporting patient safety in high-acuity situations.
  • This purpose of this project was to evaluate the impact of mock emergency response scenarios on nurse confidence in recognizing acute changes among patients on a cardiac progressive care unit.

Publication Date

5-6-2026

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Nurses Week at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, May 6-12, 2026.

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