The clinical environment is dynamic, necessitating innovative approaches to deliver education and validate ongoing competencies. The Donna Wright Competency Assessment Model is a framework that promotes ownership, empowerment, and accountability, enabling departments to determine their competency needs. Cardiac arrest response was identified as an annual competency needed in the critical care unit. While traditional Simulation-Based Education (SBE) is an effective tool for teaching emergency response, Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice (RCDP) was selected to meet this need due to the unique focus on microskills, repetition, and real-time feedback.
Learners participated in one-hour session using RCDP using a predetermined cardiac arrest algorithm as a means for validating competency and increasing nurse confidence in cardiac resuscitation response. Facilitators identified preselected micro skills as potential stopping points for feedback; however, participant performance determined the learning opportunities provided. Skills were solidified by running one final scenario without interruption, followed by a debrief.
Pre and post-simulation surveys were collected and analyzed utilizing the 5-point Likert scale. Survey questions assessed the participant’s confidence in performing the following aspects of resuscitation: initiation of a code response, assuming a team lead role, utilization of the cardiac arrest algorithm, use of end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) to measure the effectiveness of compressions, and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
Results showed participant confidence increased in all areas measured and the RCDP methodology allowed skill development outside of those initially identified and included teamwork, collaboration, delegation, and creative thinking.
Alexandra Kerekes is a master’s prepared nurse with over 20 years of experience in Emergency Nursing. She currently serves as the Coordinator Education Program RN Simulation at UCHealth, where she leads the development and implementation of simulation-based education to enhance clinical readiness and patient care. Alexandra has presented both locally and nationally, most recently at the 2025 International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) conference.
Caitlyn DiCola is a Clinical Nurse Educator at a large academic medical center. She has over 8 years’ experience in critical care and is responsible for onboarding and maintaining ongoing competencies of new graduates, new to the ICU and experienced nurses in the critical care division. She has presented both locally and nationally as a poster presenter and speaker and has served in various roles for the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. The neurosurgical patient population is her primary area of interest. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Nursing Education program at the University of Connecticut.
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