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ForwardFall 2026 CICU Skills Day
This activity will provide nurses with hands-on learning and simulation experiences focused on high-acuity pediatric cardiac care. Participants will strengthen their knowledge and skills related to cardiac arrest team roles and documentation, engage in multidisciplinary ECPR simulations, and explore neurodevelopmental considerations for pediatric cardiac patients to support safe, evidence-based practice.
Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support
No financial nor in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Target Audience
Children's National Nurses
Learning Objectives
- Nurses will apply evidence-based resuscitation principles during a simulated patient decompensation leading to cardiac arrest and collaborate interprofessionally to support ECPR/ECMO deployment.
- Nurses will apply a neurodevelopmental framework to their patient care
- Nurses will analyze the different code roles and apply them to simulated patient scenarios correctly
Course summary
Leah Arold, MSN RN CPN CCRN
Melissa Jones, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC
Rachael Martin
Mandana O'Donnell, PT, DPT, PCS
Cara Pleau, MSN, RN, CCRN
Melissa Yildirim, MD
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Children's National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider #4008362.
Credit Designation Statement
Nurses: Children’s National Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum o 3.0 ANCC contact hour(s) for nurses. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.