{"id":3137,"date":"2020-03-31T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/surgical-residents-train-to-help-as-critical-care-nurses-during-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:30:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:30:30","slug":"surgical-residents-train-to-help-as-critical-care-nurses-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/surgical-residents-train-to-help-as-critical-care-nurses-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical residents train to help as critical care nurses during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Press Release<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field 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In an innovative move, trainers from LAC+USC held a series of workshops with surgical residents on Friday, March 20, to train them in vital critical care nursing skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a supplement to their normal training,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/providers.keckmedicine.org\/provider\/Meghan+Rebecca+Lewis\/257134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meghan R. Lewis, MD<\/a>, associate director of the LAC+USC Surgical ICU. \u201cThis will allow them to augment the critical care teams as we deal with the increased demand from this pandemic. We have a typical workflow and work patterns, but with the level of need we anticipate, there\u2019s a lot of room for stepping in, especially with an overlap in skills. It\u2019s time to look at things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/providers.keckmedicine.org\/provider\/Kenji+Inaba\/746466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenji Inaba, MD<\/a>, chief of the division of trauma and critical care surgery at Keck Medicine and director of the surgical residency program at the Keck School, saw an early issue with surgical residents filling in for overburdened critical care nurses: \u201cNone of them, when we checked in, could hang an IV bag or adjust a ventilator. So Dr. Lewis put together a curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many people outside the world of health care think of doctors and nurses as having a great deal of overlap in their knowledge. That\u2019s true to an extent, but as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty-search\/maura-e-sullivan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maura Sullivan, PhD<\/a>, associate dean of simulation education in health sciences at the Keck School explained, surgeons and critical care nurses have very different, highly specialized training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re all educated in medicine and patient care, but surgeons and nurses have roles that complement each other, so they have very different skill sets. Surgeons can\u2019t just jump into a nurse\u2019s role without some additional training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan, an experienced critical care nurse herself, was impressed with the adaptability of the residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur surgical residents are all smart individuals who just needed the training. Their attitudes were amazing. Everyone wants to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surgical residents learned skills such as performing blood draws, administering medication, setting up intravenous lines and handling the machinery of the ICU.<\/p>\n<p>General Surgery Resident Christopher Foran, MD, said, \u201cWe give orders for things like titrating medicine and ventilator settings, but we don\u2019t typically carry them out. This has been eye-opening for the residents. It has helped us all understand the nuances of ICU nursing care and gain a new appreciation of the work that critical care nurses do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speed at which the special training came together was astonishing.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty-search\/stephen-f-sener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Sener, MD<\/a>, Chief of Surgery at LAC+USC, and Dan Donoho, MD, a chief resident of neurosurgery, came up with the idea on Tuesday and spoke with Lewis and Foran on Wednesday. The workshop was ready to go at 10 a.m. Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Both Lewis and Foran had praise for the nurses who ran the training: Lieutenant Commander Lorelie Flinn, RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN; Nofal Kahwaji, RN, MSN, CCRN; and Ramona Paolim, RN, CCRN; and for the Skills Center staff, Mike Minneti, Angela Martinez, and Dr. Maura Sullivan, who put the event together so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Kahwaji was pleased with how the workshop went. \u201cThis is a great example of the two disciplines taking their collaboration to a higher level. These surgical residents are taking a broader approach and stepping up to support the nursing staff if the demand requires it. I was delighted to see their level of engagement and eagerness to get this hands-on training. I hope this collaboration continues and spreads to other departments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The satisfaction with the workshop was mutual. \u201cWe feel much better prepared,\u201d said Foran, \u201cAnd this kind of training helps us stay adaptable. It\u2019s easy to get into a one-track mind during your residency. There is a lot of value in going beyond what we have been doing every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewis, an experienced acute care surgeon, agreed that this out-of-the-ordinary training would benefit the surgical residents in the long run: \u201cThis is an unparalleled experience. They will be more prepared for disaster-type scenarios for the rest of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Lewis and Foran were all impressed with the readiness of the residents to adapt and jump into this new training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud,\u201d said Foran. \u201cThis has brought out the best in our residents. Everyone raised their hands when we asked who wanted to do this. This is one more indicator that we have one of the best residency classes in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really impressive to see their eagerness to do this,\u201d agreed Lewis, \u201cThey\u2019re setting an example across departments. We\u2019re hearing from residents and medical students everywhere that want to do this. This is about coming together to increase our capacity to care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a heartening note, other medical schools have already heard about Keck Medicine\u2019s innovative training for surgical residents and are eager to follow suit. Within days of the workshop, a resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center had contacted Dr. Inaba to request the curriculum to implement the training at their own center.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lex Davis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":3138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[166,61],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-covid-19","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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