title: Use of portable simulation manikins to increase the frequency of mock code training on four inpatient surgical units.
abstract: Educators within Children's Hospital Boston created a mock code facilitation curriculum and expectations for nurses to become Surgical Programs' mock code facilitators. Since implementation, the number of mock codes and the number of mock code participants have tripled.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pignataro
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000451:nursing; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008348:Manikins; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation