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Simulation As Staff Development For Competency In Nursing Care Of Patients With Chest Tubes, Jennifer Dent

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

There is an estimated 98,000 to 400,000 hospital errors that result in patient harm or death annually (David, Gunnarsson, Waters, Horblyuk and Kaplan, 2013; James 2013). As a member of the health care team nurses coordinate and provide continual care to the hospitalized patient (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011; Parker, 2014). Patient safety is promoted when nurses are competent in their knowledge, skills, attitude, and performance related to evidence-based practice, protocols, and standards of care (; American Nurses Association, n.d; Schroeter, 2009). The purpose of this evidence-based project was to promote patent safety by developing and maintaining competency …