This simulation-based tracheostomy education course will provide learners with an immersive, hands-on learning experience that is designed to improve patient safety, quality of care, and individual performance. The course is aimed at improving the private duty nurses' self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills in managing tracheostomy tubes and troubleshooting complications by providing a safe place for nurses to practice skills.

• Demonstrate how to manage tracheostomy emergencies in the home.
• Increase knowledge of tracheostomies and caring for tracheostomies in the home.
• Provide a safe place for nurses to practice skills in caring for tracheostomy patients.

• Online modules prior to the in-person simulation-based education
• Simulation exercises on high fidelity mannequins that mimic real emergencies to facilitate communication skills and real-time responses
• Hands-on experience with ventilators
• Debriefing of learners to review and discuss simulation experience
• Debriefing that provides learners with a chance to review performance, evaluate the effectiveness of action, and continue learning

• CNE Credits will be offered
• Small group learning

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