title: A continuous curriculum for building code blue competency.
abstract: Staff response to a code blue can be cultivated when a continuous curriculum for code blue competency is used. This curriculum details ongoing code blue education yet requires only small increments of time for the inservice classes. The curriculum, adaptable to any unit, consists of three components: a unit-specific orientation to emergency equipment; exercises in critical thinking and doing; and exercises in documentation.
authors.affiliation: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jankouskas
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010414:Pennsylvania; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods