Simulation-based Tracheostomy Education for Private Duty Nurses

Wednesday, January 1, 2025, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 8:00 PM, Medical Center Campus


Contact Hours (ANCC) (4.75 hours)

Texas Children’s is offering a simulation-based tracheostomy education course that will provide learners with an immersive, hands-on experience. The course is designed to improve patient safety, quality of care, and individual performance. It’s also aimed at improving 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.

By the end of the course nurses will have:

• An improved general knowledge of tracheostomies.
• An improved ability to care for tracheostomies in the home.
• An ability to manage tracheostomy emergencies in the home, and be able to demonstrate that knowledge. The simulation education experience will include:
• Hands-on tracheostomy and ventilator education.
• Online modules prior to hands-on in-person simulation-based education.
• Simulation exercises on high-fidelity mannequins that mimic real emergencies to facilitate skills and real time responses.
• Debriefing of learners to review and discuss the simulation experience, which will allow them to review their performance, evaluate the effectiveness of their actions, and to continue learning.
• A pre- and post-assessment of self-efficacy and didactic knowledge in tracheostomy care and emergencies.
• A small group learning environment (18 attendees maximum).
  

 Texas Children’s Hospital is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) activity awards up to 4.75 contact hours.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Texas Children's Hospital reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Texas Children's Hospital is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Texas Children's Hospital adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Not all faculty listed below will be involved in your activity. 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Texas Children's Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including Faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible company (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationship have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.