
Megan
Falke,
DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Creighton University
NE,
United States
Dr. Megan Falke is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor at Creighton University, specializing in neonatal care. After graduating with her ABSN in 2007, she devoted her career to NICU nursing, earning her MSN in 2011 and DNP in 2019, where she developed a neonatal hospice program. She currently practices at Nebraska Medicine's level III NICU and serves as a column editor for Neonatal Network. As a 2024 Health Equity Research Eeducation Program scholar, Dr. Falke champions health equity and social justice. Her current research focuses on exploring how community health workers can help reduce infant mortality rates, with the aim of establishing a comprehensive support program for families with infants.
Presenting at CAB 2025:
Prehospital obstetrical or neonatal (OB/Neo) calls to emergency medical services (EMS) are more likely among patients of lower socioeconomic status and to result in an OB/Neo emergency. Paramedicine faculty have expressed the need for paramedic learners (PML) to increase confidence in these skills to promote health equity and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Limited literature in use of simulation-based experiences (SBE) in prehospital settings have demonstrated improved confidence among EMS and the Zone of Simulation framework, indicates these scenarios fall into the high acuity-low occurrence quadrant, suggesting SBE may be advantageous over instruction. High-fidelity SBE improves confidence for learners in OB/Neo emergency situations.