PURPOSE: The purpose of this project is to identify the range of senory cues used by advanced practice nurses (ACNP/Flight Nurse Specialists) to monitor the environments of care: home, accident scene, site of natural or technologic disaster, and aircraft fuselage.
METHODS: Observeration during patient missions and interviews with flight nurse specialists.
RESULTS: While this project is currently in progress, six categories of cues have been identified to date: visual, acoustic, vibration, air current, thermal, and smell.
SIGNIFICANCE: The range of cues identified will be used to develop a "synthetic natural environment" to conduct training of advanced practice nurses and research using simulated patients under a wide range of environmental conditions.
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