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Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency:General wards

Infusion pumps, monitors, beds and the everyday devices of a general ward.

For: Ward educators on medical, surgical and elderly care wards who must document competence beyond the core devices: patients' own pumps, ward monitoring, nebulisers and the infusion devices patients take home.

Before you start: Safe Device Use (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the General Wards specialism on them.

Start free: week 1 of a trackBook a demo for your team
Your mentor, a character in the trackSandra OseiWard Manager, Ward 4
Length
5 modules
Time
About 1 hour a week
Levels
Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
On your own
$149, 12 months
Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency: General wards: Device Lab, NIBP monitor
Device Lab · NIBP monitor

The arc · 5 modules · Ward Ready: General Wards

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

  • Records and controls patients' own insulin pumps safely
  • Monitors the right patient with clean ECG and patient-specific limits
  • Uses nebulisers with the right driving gas and clean chambers
  • Sets up and checks ambulatory and elastomeric infusion devices and teaches patients
  • Recognises faults from electrodes, cables, sockets and storage
  • Keeps ward devices charged and reports failures

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital, Ward 4 (Acute Medicine), the outpatient antibiotic clinic and the elderly care wards.

Sandra OseiWard Manager, Ward 4 · your mentor (a character in the track)
“Two sources of insulin is an error. No source of insulin is an error.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

My track
My trackThe arc of 5 modules, this module's case, your mentor and your next step, in Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency: General wards's own colours.
A step with your mentor in the Device Lab
A step with your mentor in the Device LabThe step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: Insulin Pump with Sandra Osei, this track's mentor
A simulation
A simulationReal hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.
Your skills map
Your skills mapThis track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress
The certificate
The certificateA Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Carlos Mendoza, a fictional learner

The arc

5 modules, one ward at a time.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

Module by module, ward by ward

  1. Module 1The patient's own insulin pump
  2. Module 2Bedside monitoring on the ward
  3. Module 3Nebulisers
  4. Module 4Ambulatory and elastomeric infusion devices
  5. Module 5The ward night (all devices)
  1. Module 1The patient's own insulin pump3.7 h

    Two lots of insulin.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case Two Lots of Insulin15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Tethered, checkpoints 1-27 of 7830 min
    • WorkUse studio: patient's own insulin pump walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Insulin Pump: Safety, 'Hospitals, which are dangerous for pump users'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  2. Module 2Bedside monitoring on the ward3.9 h

    The wrong bed.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case The Wrong Bed15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Bedside monitoring, checkpoints 1-28 of 7930 min
    • WorkUse studio: ward monitoring walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Cardiac Monitor: Safety, 'Monitoring the wrong patient' and 'Failure to monitor'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  3. Module 3Nebulisers3.3 h

    Oxygen that stops a patient breathing.

    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Jet cup, checkpoints 1-24 of 7525 min
    • WorkUse studio: nebuliser walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Nebulizer: Safety, 'Oxygen that stops a patient breathing' and 'A chamber that grows bacteria'5 min
    • CheckWhat would you do? Five nebuliser scenarios6 min
    • + 8 more steps
  4. Module 4Ambulatory and elastomeric infusion devices3.5 h

    The balloon that ran out early.

    • DoClinical Engineer simulation: Community and Home (the infusion jobs)25 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Elastomeric pump, checkpoints 1-8 of 5810 min
    • WorkUse studio: ambulatory and elastomeric walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Infusion Pump: Safety, 'Programming errors, the commonest serious harm'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  5. Module 5The ward night (all devices)1.9 h

    The ward night.

    • DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Elderly Wards (the engineer's side)25 min
    • CheckInterleaved: the night's devices10 min
    • ReflectWard educator sign-off: a ward night10 min
    • + 4 more steps

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

  • Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
  • Mastery, not attendanceA competency below threshold routes to its remediation and a re-check before sign-off.
  • The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Safe Device Use, General Wards

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

  • Every module of this ward branch completed with its quiz at or above the level's pass mark
  • Each ward device signed off by the ward educator (institutions) or self-assessed with evidence (individuals, shown as such)
  • Final check at or above the pass mark
  • Capstone graded 60 or above
  • The certificate lists each device with its sign-off date and its renewal date (12 months)

Ward device walk

Walk the ward for a week: patients' own devices recorded, monitors admitted to the right patient, electrode storage, nebuliser chambers, infusion devices going home, sockets and charging.

Evidence it gives: Ward equipment readiness.

Patients' own devices on the ward

Audit every patient with diabetes for a week: pump or sensor recorded, control decision, insulin plan.

Evidence it gives: Safe management of patients' own devices.

Teach a device a patient takes home

Teach two patients or carers an ambulatory or elastomeric device using the card, with teach-back, and follow up by phone.

Evidence it gives: Patient education for home devices.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50% · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first, then guided practice. Simulations at Foundation difficulty with the coach on and marking as you go. Fewer cases per week (the extra and hard-only cases are hidden). Mastery thresholds 10 points lower.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74% · simulations at Practitioner

Guided to independent: the standard track. Simulations at Practitioner difficulty, the coach hidden but available, the extra cases each week from the middle of the track, mastery thresholds as stated.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above · simulations at Expert

Independent and interleaved: every simulation at Expert difficulty, all extra and hard-only cases, stricter mastery thresholds (+5), and time pressure.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$149for 12 months

  • The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
  • The certificate when you finish
  • The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
  • Or the Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency Full family: $799

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

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