Noriyo Colley |
Faculty of Health Sciences Health Sciences Comprehensive Developmental Nursing |
Assistant Professor |
Tube insertion through trachea is a procedure performed by nurses to suck the sputum out of the patient's trachea. If the procedure is not performed carefully, it causes inconvenience and damages patient's trachea. To train novice nurses to practice the procedure in a safer environment, we developed a projection mapping-based nurse training simulator, and its effectiveness was evaluated. From the evaluations, it was found that more facial expressions, including choking, coughing, and patient's relaxed states, still must be integrated into the patient model so the nurse could be more immersed into the simulator. To achieve that, a Facial Action Coding System (FACS)-based video analysis tool is first used to identify the activated facial action units (AU) in those states and they are applied to the synthetic deformations on a 3D face of the patient model. The degree of naturalness, reality and effectiveness are evaluated.
Introduction: Due to the advancement of the home-based healthcare, increasing the number of professionals who are able to administer homebased treatments, such as endotracheal suctioning, is an urgent issue.Methods: By measuring the ocular movement of nurses, nursing students and previous researches, an endotracheal suctioning ontology was visualized. It included a multiplex task structure, recognition, and judgment, as well as identifying procedures used during endotracheal suctioning that could contribute to a discussion on educational feasibility.Results: From the hierarchical structure of the constructed endotracheal suctioning ontology, not only the procedural knowledge but also knowledge about medical devices, knowing what options exist when endotracheal suctioning is ineffective, and a wide range of other expertise is needed to perform endotracheal suctioning safely.Discussion: An endotracheal suctioning ontology was created from the ocular movement of nurses. Ontologies are a potential tool for defining minimum requirements and the scope of ability that must be evaluated before clinical practicum.