AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 772-779, April 2008

Playing It Safe: Simulated Team Training in the OR

  • Mindi Anderson, PHD, RN, CPNP-PC

      Affiliations

    • Mindi Anderson, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, is a simulation coordinator and assistant clinical professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing.
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  • Judy Leflore, PHD, RNC, NNP, CPNP-PC, CPNP-AC

      Affiliations

    • Judy Leflore, PhD, RNC, NNP, CPNP-PC, CPNP-AC, is an associate clinical professor and director of the Pediatric and Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing.

ABSTRACT 

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS are expected to make prompt, accurate decisions in life-threatening emergency situations in the OR.

PERIOPERATIVE LEADERS are faced with the challenge of ensuring that OR team members are prepared to respond to potentially lethal emergencies, including rare and infrequent events.

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES the importance of team training for all members of the OR team. The use of simulation is discussed as a tool to accomplish this goal. Steps for developing a simulation scenario are presented. AORN J 87 (April 2008) 772–779. © AORN, Inc, 2008.

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PII: S0001-2092(08)00002-1

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2007.12.027

AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 772-779, April 2008

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