Jo Ellen Holt’s scientific contributions

Background Technology in health care is pervasive and growing exponentially. Simulation in academic settings also continues to expand with the use of advancing technologies. Problem Technology appropriate usage and implementation can become problematic without experts with the right skills in nursing simulation labs. Gaps in technology utilization, simulation best practices, and data analytics now exist. Approach A school of nursing employed a nurse informaticist in its simulation laboratory to address the complexities of technology usage and aid in data analytics. Outcomes The nurse informaticist was effective at promoting simulation use, increasing faculty and learner usage of the simulation space. The initiation of data capturing was also achieved. Conclusions Highly trained nurse informaticists are ready to address the unique complexities of advanced simulation environments.

Modern healthcare requires the coordination of a team of professionals with complementary skillsets. To help facilitate teamwork, healthcare professionals, such as nurses, undergo rigorous training of their clinical skills in team settings. In this paper, we analyze a mixed-reality, simulation-based training exercise involving three nurses in a hospital room. We perform multimodal interaction analysis to contrast strategies used in two cases where the patient expressed doubts about their medical care. By analyzing these strategies and comparing them to the student nurses' self-reflections, we show connections among the nurses' clinical roles, their self-efficacy, and their teamwork.