Table 18:

Managing Dead Volume: Experimental Conditions and Training

Experimental Condition	Description	Training Content
Baseline	No intervention (i.e., control)	No training required
Education module	The education module focused on reviewing fundamental concepts to inform proper dead volume management (i.e., must clear dead volume prior to medication entirely reaching patient's bloodstream) and included an example of dead volume considerations when administering a manual IV push. However, the module did not review all tasks and setups in which dead volume may be a concern (e.g., it did not reference the dead volume implications of doubling of the concentration for a continuous IV medication infusion)	Participants viewed the 10-minute module once (they were not allowed to repeat the module)
		The module was shown together with the secondary IV infusion module (Theme 4: Setting Up Secondary Intermittent IV Infusions); 20 participants saw the dead volume module first, and 20 participants saw the secondary IV infusion module first
	A copy of the dead volume reference sheet was provided to participants during training and posted in the simulation room

Abbreviations: IV, intravenous.