Inter-professional in-situ simulated team and resuscitation training for patient safety: Description and impact of a programmatic approach

Table 1 Results general needs assessment. Self-evaluated preparedness, comfort and anxiety regarding performance in a possible future critical event among inter-professional staff members at the Children’s Hospital Lucerne

	Total (n = 121)		Nurses (n = 82)		Physicians (n = 39)		Chi² p-value
	Score ≤2	Score ≥4	Score ≤2	Score ≥4	Score ≤2	Score ≥4	Chi² p-value
Recognition of deterioration^a	3 (2 %)	94 (78 %)	3 (4 %)	65 (79 %)	0	29 (74 %)	ns	ns
Management of critical events^a	37 (31 %)	23 (19 %)	21 (26 %)	19 (23 %)	16 (41 %)	4 (10 %)	ns	ns
Competence of current team^a	26 (21 %)	41 (34 %)	10 (12 %)	31 (38 %)	16 (41 %)	10 (26 %)	<.01	ns
Role allocation^a	29 (24 %)	35 (29 %)	15 (18 %)	25 (30 %)	14 (36 %)	10 (26 %)	<.05	ns
Anxiety^b	42 (35 %)	18 (15 %)	31 (38 %)	14 (17 %)	11 (28 %)	4 (10 %)	ns	ns

Chi² between nurses and physicians
Classification of answers was done with a 5-point Likert scale
^aScore ≤2: very low or low competence; Score ≥4: high or very high competence; ^bScore ≤2: very high of high anxiety; Score ≥4: low or no anxiety
ns = not significant

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