title: Improving Efficiency Using a Hybrid Approach: Revising an Intravenous/Blood Workshop in a Clinical Research Environment.
abstract: Orienting to a new job can be overwhelming, especially if the nurse is required to develop or refine new skills, such as intravenous (IV) therapy or blood administration. At the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Nursing Department, a group of nurse educators redesigned their IV/Blood Workshop to prepare nurses with skills needed when caring for patients on protocol in a research intensive environment. Innovative teaching strategies and a hybrid instructional approach were used along with a preworkshop activity, skills lab practice, and follow-up skill validation at the unit level to provide a comprehensive curriculum while decreasing resource utilization.
authors.affiliation: Debra A. Parchen, MSN, RN, OCN®, is a Nurse Educator at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Nursing Department, Bethesda, Maryland. Sandra E. Phelps, MSN, RN, is a Nurse Consultant at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Clinical Standards and Quality*, Baltimore, Maryland. Eunice M. Johnson, MSN, RN, is a Nurse Consultant within Community Health in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Cheryl A. Fisher, EdD, RN-BC, is a Senior Nurse Consultant for Extramural Collaborations at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Nursing Department, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Parchen
authors.forename: Sandra E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: Eunice M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D007318:Inservice Training; D009729:Nursing