TY - JOUR
T1 - Case-Based PowerPoint to Improve Knowledge and Comfort of Having Code Status Discussions by Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Students
AU - Schoonover, Kimberly
AU - Herber, Andrew
AU - Heusinkvelt, Sally
AU - Yadav, Hemang
AU - Burton, M. Caroline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Background: Little is known about how certain educational interventions may improve informed code status discussions by physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner students. Methods: This is a prospective, prospective, single academic center pilot study utilizing a short case-based PowerPoint that reviewed the differences between code status choices and the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge of attempted resuscitation after a cardiac arrest. Training occurred between September 1, 2017, and May 31, 2018. The study population included PA and adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) students during their inpatient internal medicine rotation (n = 9) and preclinical PA students (n = 5). Results: After training, there was a significant increase in knowledge in the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge (P =.01) and comfort level in having an informed code status discussion (3.36 ± 0.81 vs 4.10 ± 0.80, P =.02). For questions related to identification of the correct code status, there were no significant differences before and after the intervention. Conclusion: A short case-based PowerPoint viewed by PA and AGACNP students increased the knowledge about the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge of attempted resuscitation after a cardiac arrest and increased the comfort level of having code status discussions with patients by PA and AGACNP students.
AB - Background: Little is known about how certain educational interventions may improve informed code status discussions by physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner students. Methods: This is a prospective, prospective, single academic center pilot study utilizing a short case-based PowerPoint that reviewed the differences between code status choices and the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge of attempted resuscitation after a cardiac arrest. Training occurred between September 1, 2017, and May 31, 2018. The study population included PA and adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) students during their inpatient internal medicine rotation (n = 9) and preclinical PA students (n = 5). Results: After training, there was a significant increase in knowledge in the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge (P =.01) and comfort level in having an informed code status discussion (3.36 ± 0.81 vs 4.10 ± 0.80, P =.02). For questions related to identification of the correct code status, there were no significant differences before and after the intervention. Conclusion: A short case-based PowerPoint viewed by PA and AGACNP students increased the knowledge about the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge of attempted resuscitation after a cardiac arrest and increased the comfort level of having code status discussions with patients by PA and AGACNP students.
KW - code status
KW - education
KW - nurse practitioner student
KW - physician assistant student
KW - resuscitation
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U2 - 10.1177/0825859718810725
DO - 10.1177/0825859718810725
M3 - Article
C2 - 30381991
AN - SCOPUS:85058385199
SN - 0825-8597
VL - 34
SP - 215
EP - 217
JO - Journal of palliative care
JF - Journal of palliative care
IS - 4
ER -