Music City Chapter of AORN

Nail Simulation Design Every Time

CE Information
1.0 CE credit
Completion Time
1 hour
Available Until
March 27, 2026
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Overview

Specialties
Educational/Research, Management/Admin/Leadership, and Professional Development

This is an informative topic that delves into the step-by-step process of creating a simulation for education and skills validation purposes. Kathryn Roberts will guide the audience in assessing the needs of your unit

Learning Objectives

The Objectives of this topic include:

-Define the elements needed to design a scenario based
on best practice standards

-Discuss realism adjuncts and how to embed them into
the different elements of a scenario

-Construct each element of the scenario and produce a
use case scenario.

Speakers

Kathryn Roberts
Kathryn Roberts DNP, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CHSE

Simulation Education Consultant, Professional Development Leader, Simulation Program Supervisor, & Instructor of Nursing (HMAI) at Houston Methodist

Kathryn Roberts MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CHSE received her Master's in Nursing from Texas Tech Health Science Center in 2017. She was also awarded her Bachelor of Nursing from the same institution. She has been awarded several certifications during her nursing career in trauma nursing and stroke assessment. Ms. Roberts has a true passion for nursing, education, and simulation training. She started her nursing career as a rehab nurse and continued working in the medical-surgical units and emergency room for several large institutions within Houston. During her time there, she became an active member of the education committee and coached and mentored other staff and students. During her time as a clinical nurse, she assumed the roles of preceptor, education resource coordinator, new hire orientation presenter, and curriculum developer. When she became an educator in 2018, she taught various critical care and ventricular assistive device classes. She became involved in simulation training and is now the Supervisor of her education department’s simulation lab, The Mary E. Mahoney Simulation Center. Ms. Roberts has also participated as co-lead in other initiatives such as quality improvement programs for preventing infections, developed and taught curriculum and training at multiple campuses and their instructors. During the COVID outbreak, she developed and participated in the essential labor pool training and co-led the crucial ECMO COVID Training for critical care nurses.

CE Information

This activity offers 1.0 CE credit to attendees.

Accredited by AACN.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosures

The speaker has no relationship or bias to disclose. 

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