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Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff CompetencyNICU / Paediatrics

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Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency:NICU / Paediatrics

Incubators, phototherapy, neonatal ventilation and the devices used for children.

For: Neonatal and paediatric educators who must document competence on incubators, phototherapy, neonatal infusions, oximetry and transport.

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

Start free: week 1 of a trackBook a demo for your team
Your mentor, a character in the trackSister Hana YusufNeonatal Unit Sister
Length
6 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: NICU / Paediatrics: Device Lab, neonatal incubator
Device Lab · neonatal incubator

The arc · 6 modules · Ward Ready: NICU

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

  • Uses incubators in skin-servo mode with correct probes and humidity
  • Delivers measured phototherapy safely
  • Runs neonatal syringe drivers without boluses or under-delivery
  • Keeps SpO2 within targets with both alarms
  • Prepares devices for neonatal transport
  • Keeps devices involved in harm as found

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital, Neonatal Unit and Paediatric Rooms.

Sister Hana YusufNeonatal Unit Sister · your mentor (a character in the track)
“An air temperature alarm in skin mode means: go and look at the probe on the baby.”

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 6 modules, this module's case, your mentor and your next step, in Safe Device Use: Clinical Staff Competency: NICU / Paediatrics'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: Infant Incubator with Sister Hana Yusuf, 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 Amina Yusuf, a fictional learner

The arc

6 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 incubator: skin servo and humidity
  2. Module 2Phototherapy
  3. Module 3Neonatal syringe drivers
  4. Module 4Neonatal oxygen and pulse oximetry
  5. Module 5Neonatal transport: incubator and ventilator on the move
  6. Module 6The NICU night (all devices)
  1. Module 1The incubator: skin servo and humidity3.8 h

    Something in the water.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case Something in the Water15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Skin servo, checkpoints 1-27 of 7830 min
    • WorkUse studio: incubator walk-through for NICU5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Infant Incubator: Safety, 'Overheating from a detached probe' and 'Cooling from a trapped probe'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  2. Module 2Phototherapy3.6 h

    Too close to the light.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case Too Close to the Light15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Overhead LED, checkpoints 1-22 of 7325 min
    • WorkUse studio: phototherapy walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Phototherapy Unit: Safety, 'Underdosing that looks like treatment' and 'Heat, burns and dehydration'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  3. Module 3Neonatal syringe drivers3.6 h

    Bolus on release.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case Bolus on Release15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Syringe pump, checkpoints 1-13 of 6315 min
    • WorkUse studio: neonatal syringe driver walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Infusion Pump: Safety, 'Start-up delay, height changes and post-occlusion boluses'5 min
    • + 10 more steps
  4. Module 4Neonatal oxygen and pulse oximetry3.7 h

    The baby at ninety-nine.

    • DoGo deeper: Patient Safety case Ninety Percent15 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Transmittance, checkpoints 1-29 of 8030 min
    • WorkUse studio: neonatal oximetry walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Pulse Oximeter: Safety, 'Burns and pressure injury from the probe' and 'Movement and the frozen reading'5 min
    • + 9 more steps
  5. Module 5Neonatal transport: incubator and ventilator on the move6.2 h

    The trolley that should not leave.

    • DoClinical Engineer simulation: Transport Saturday25 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Air control, checkpoints 1-25 of 7625 min
    • WorkUse studio: neonatal transport walk-through5 min
    • LearnDevice Library, Infant Incubator: Safety, 'Power failure'5 min
    • + 12 more steps
  6. Module 6The NICU night (all devices)1.9 h

    Thirty-nine degrees.

    • DoPatient Safety simulation: Thirty-Nine Degrees25 min
    • CheckInterleaved: the night's devices10 min
    • ReflectNICU educator sign-off: a night shift10 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, NICU and Paediatrics

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)

Cot-side device walk

Walk every cot space for a week: probes and covers, humidity, phototherapy distance and irradiance, driver brands and profiles, lines and labels, SpO2 alarms.

Evidence it gives: Neonatal equipment readiness.

Phototherapy irradiance audit

Measure irradiance at the mattress for every phototherapy unit in use, against distance and hours.

Evidence it gives: Phototherapy effectiveness.

Teach one neonatal device

Teach one neonatal device to two new staff with your quick card and observe them.

Evidence it gives: Peer teaching on neonatal 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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