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Poster (LUO Remote) - Theoretical Proposal
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Current evidence demonstrates that the number of nurse practitioners working in the prehospital setting is growing. Additional training beyond formal nurse practitioner curriculums is necessary to increase the nurse practitioner's self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills for operational tactical conditions. Evidence also demonstrates that the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course is the national tactical care and training standard. The purpose of this evidence-based pilot study was to increase the tactical self-efficacy of nontactical civilian flight nurse practitioners (FNPs). The clinical question was in the nontactical civilian flight nurse practitioner, does receiving education through the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course increase their tactical self-efficacy to perform their role in a tactical environment with a local metropolitan SWAT team? The preselected FNPs completed a TC3 course to see if there was an increase in their tactical self-efficacy and tactical knowledge through a combination of formal (didactic), informal (vicarious), and physiological conditioning (scenario-based) positive verbal or written reinforcement/reassurance as theorized by Albert Bandura. Using the Iowa Model Revised: Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Excellence in Health Care, this evidence-based practice pilot project utilized a quasi-experimental approach using inferential statistics to collect and analyze data. A general self-efficacy scale was administered pre-/post-course to the group of FNPs, and data were compared and analyzed using two-tailed t-tests. Clinical relevance was identified in the fact that tactical self-efficacy was increased in all participants, and a statistically significant increase in tactical self-efficacy was seen in fifty percent of the FNPs. Results were initially disseminated to key stakeholders and then considered for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Increasing the tactical self-efficacy of the FNPs helped prepare them to assume the role of the law enforcement tactical nurse practitioner in support of a metropolitan police department special weapons and tactics team. Other law enforcement agencies stand to benefit from this project.
Improving Self-Efficacy in Flight Nurse Practitioners in Preparation for the Role of the Law Enforcement Tactical Nurse Practitioner
Poster (LUO Remote) - Theoretical Proposal
Current evidence demonstrates that the number of nurse practitioners working in the prehospital setting is growing. Additional training beyond formal nurse practitioner curriculums is necessary to increase the nurse practitioner's self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills for operational tactical conditions. Evidence also demonstrates that the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course is the national tactical care and training standard. The purpose of this evidence-based pilot study was to increase the tactical self-efficacy of nontactical civilian flight nurse practitioners (FNPs). The clinical question was in the nontactical civilian flight nurse practitioner, does receiving education through the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course increase their tactical self-efficacy to perform their role in a tactical environment with a local metropolitan SWAT team? The preselected FNPs completed a TC3 course to see if there was an increase in their tactical self-efficacy and tactical knowledge through a combination of formal (didactic), informal (vicarious), and physiological conditioning (scenario-based) positive verbal or written reinforcement/reassurance as theorized by Albert Bandura. Using the Iowa Model Revised: Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Excellence in Health Care, this evidence-based practice pilot project utilized a quasi-experimental approach using inferential statistics to collect and analyze data. A general self-efficacy scale was administered pre-/post-course to the group of FNPs, and data were compared and analyzed using two-tailed t-tests. Clinical relevance was identified in the fact that tactical self-efficacy was increased in all participants, and a statistically significant increase in tactical self-efficacy was seen in fifty percent of the FNPs. Results were initially disseminated to key stakeholders and then considered for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Increasing the tactical self-efficacy of the FNPs helped prepare them to assume the role of the law enforcement tactical nurse practitioner in support of a metropolitan police department special weapons and tactics team. Other law enforcement agencies stand to benefit from this project.
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