Educate to Elevate Series

Educate to Elevate E2E Registration

A day of simulation-based training for pediatric home care nurses caring for children with medical complexities.

The one-day program includes classroom training and uniquely features a simulation lab equipped with high-fidelity mannequins giving nurses the opportunity to train in a realistic simulation with scenarios developed by AHK. Nurses will learn how to safely care for children with ventilators, G-tubes, and those who have tracheostomies. We anticipate that with additional training, home care nurses will gain improved competence and confidence in caring for children with medical complexities, in a home setting.

Almost Home Kids provides transitional and respite care for children with medical complexities in a community-based, home-like setting at our sites in Chicago and Naperville, and a site in Peoria affiliated with OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois. AHK has first-hand experience with how the shortage of highly trained pediatric home care nurses impacts our ability to reunite children with their families in the community.

To address this problem, AHK has teamed up with the University of Illinois at Chicago Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute (SAIL) to develop a one-day simulated learning session. DSCC (Division of Specialized Care for Children) has graciously underwritten the next session so that we may waive the registration fee. We also gratefully thank the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund for their generous support of this unique training program.

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Almost Home Kids. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress
Learn the elements of performing a respiratory assessment on a child with a trach
Demonstrate the use of a resuscitation bag on a child with a trach
Identify an obstructed airway and perform airway clearance techniques – including CPT, suction, nebulizer treatments
Demonstrate ability to perform a scheduled and emergency trach change
Identify when to prepare for a higher level of care and how to properly transfer the child for transport
Identify alarms and intervention for each alarm
Verbalize the components and purpose of a vent circuit
Demonstrate ability to care for a child with a G-tube, including removal and insertion of G-tube, preparing, storing, and administering formula and Farrel bag usage.

Target Audience

Home Health, Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses

E2E Registration Form

Please chose to register at either SAIL (Chicago) or at the Jump Center (Peoria). For more information please contact Maggie Hansen Hyman at mhansenhyman@luriechildrens.org and Lisa Higgins at lhiggins@luriechildrens.org