An interventional study of Single-day NRP Training and longitudinal NRP training in Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation, sponsored by Ahmed Moussa. Terminated at 7 sites in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-30.
Sponsored by Ahmed Moussa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) recommends providers renew their certification every 2 years. However, many Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Canada face challenges of significant budget cuts in training and a large number of caregivers to train with a high turnover rate. This situation makes it difficult for managers and nurse educators to ensure up-to-date certification and competence for all clinical staff. In addition, considering that only 0.1% of newborns will require cardiac massage and/or epinephrine, health care professionals' exposure to critical events is low to insure maintenance of expertise. Furthermore, it is shown that there is a significant decrease in knowledge among learners who have undergone specific training after only 3 months. This is worrisome considering that some nurses will not renew their certification if the course is not paid for by the employer, or if they are not released from clinical duties to attend. While keeping in mind the various required components of NRP training: book reading, online exam, performance stations, Integrated Skills Station Assessment (ISSA) and simulations, we would like to assess the educational and financial impact of a new educational strategy developed as to allow more nurses to be retrained thus ensuring maintenance of their neonatal resuscitation expertise.
Ahmed Moussa is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
This group will follow the single-day NRP training course that is currently the standard. It usually takes 8 hours to complete this training course and the nurses are released from their clinical duty to attend the training course.
Other: Single-day NRP Training
This group will follow the longitudinal NRP training course. The longitudinal NRP training course will consist of nine 30-minute modules that will be taught every 6-8 weeks over a period of one year. The nurses will attend the different modules of the training course at their work place and during their work shift so they will have to be released from their clinical duty only 30 minutes at a time.
Other: longitudinal NRP training
NRP training course completed in one single day of 8 hours
NRP training course completed over one year by attending nine 30-minute modules.
Knowledge
Integrated Skills Stations Assessment Score. The higher the score, the better the performance. Scores range from 0 to 100 %.
Time frame: 1 year
Confidence and behavior
continuing professional development (CPD) reaction questionnaire (REACT). The higher the score, the better the outcome. Scores range from 12 to 82.
Time frame: 1 year
Cost-efficiency
Cost of each educational intervention (each arm).
Time frame: 1 year
Plan to share: No
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