QSEN%Strategy%Submission% July%23,%2015%

% ! Strategy!Title! Learn%Systems%Thinking%and%Quality%%with%the%Friday%Night%at%the%ER%Simulation%Game% % % Strategy!Content! ! Competency!Domains! Quality%Improvement% Teamwork%and%Collaboration% % Learner!Level! Conference% Continuing%Education% Graduate%Students% PreWLicensure%BSN% RN%to%BSN% Staff%Development% % Learner!Setting! Classroom% Clinical%Setting% Conference% Skills%or%Simulation%Laboratories% ! Strategy!Type! Simulation%Exercises% % !

Learning!Objectives! Teamwork%and%Collaboration% Quality%Improvement%% Safety% % Strategy!Overview! Friday%Night%at%the%ER%is%a%simulation%in%the%form%of%a%board%game%suitable%for%groups%of%4%to% >100%participants.%Teams%of%4%are%seated%at%tables,%where%they%are%challenged%to%manage%a% hospital%during%a%typical%24Whour%period.%In%the%simulation,%players%perform%distinct%functions,% but%they%come%to%realize%that%they%depend%on%one%another%and%must%collaborate,%innovate%and% use%data%to%excel%with%measured%quality%and%cost%outcomes.% % The%simulation%experience%is%followed%by%an%interactive%debrief%to%transfer%learnings%into% practice.% % Total%time%required%is%3.5%to%4%hours.% % Strategy!Evaluation! An%evaluation%published%in%2014%as%a%DPN%thesis%(by%Megan%O’Connor%in%the%School%of%Nursing% at%University%of%North%Carolina%at%Chapel%Hill)%found%that%Friday%Night%at%the%ER%positively% changed%staff%culture,%offering%promise%as%a%teaching%tool%for%systems%thinking%and%teamwork.%% % Many%hospitals%and%universities%will%attest%to%the%value%of%Friday%Night%at%the%ER,%which%has%been% in%use%for%more%than%20%years%by%900%organizations%in%37%countries.%(See%separate%file%submitted% showing%a%list%of%healthcare%and%academic%institutions.)%% % People%who%have%played%the%game%and%people%who%teach%with%it%report%that%it%has%been%an% engaging%and%powerful%learning%tool%for%diverse%groups.%% % Contact%the%author%for%references%or%testimonials%from%educators%who%have%used%Friday%Night%at% the%ER%in%classrooms%and%in%practice%settings.% % Strategy!Materials! Please%see%two%files%submitted:% •! FNER%factsheet%academic.pdf% •! FNER%List%Health_Academic.pdf% % Additional!Materials! Additional%information%is%available%online%at%these%locations:% •! Friday%Night%at%the%ER%website:%%http://fridaynightattheer.com% •! Friday%Night%at%the%ER%Wikipedia%page:%% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_at_the_ER% %