Effectiveness of Simulation With Nursing Students in the Care of Patients With Sepsis

University of Brasilia

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Learning Process in Nursing Graduation; Stress

Treatments: Other: Low-Fidelity Simulation; Other: High-Fidelity Simulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04512183

3906816

Details and patient eligibility

About

Simulation is an active teaching strategy capable of reproducing real situations and allowing practical experiences, in which the student is the protagonist of his own knowledge. Scientific evidence highlights, that exposure to the unknown or new can generate stress to the individual, but when dosed, to a certain extent it can increase the level of knowledge. Not infrequently, the lack of stress control can trigger physiological and subjective changes resulting from the increase in its level, such as situations that include the implementation of simulation scenarios in pedagogical teaching models.

Full description

Objective:

To evaluate the effect of simulation (high and low fidelity) on the cognitive, physiological and emotional sphere of nursing students in caring for patients with signs of sepsis.

Hypothesis of the study:

Null hypothesis: Students undergoing high-fidelity simulation will show similar levels of stress, cognitive performance and retention of knowledge in relation to those who will perform low-fidelity simulation in patients with signs of sepsis.

Alternative hypothesis: The cognitive performance and stress will be higher in students who experience high fidelity simulation when compared to students who experience low fidelity simulation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students approved in the discipline related to nursing care for adult and elderly patients;
• Aged over 18 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Who have experience in the health field (firefighters and nursing technicians, among others);
• Members of the Health Simulation League;
• Those who do not complete all stages of the research.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

High-Fidelity Simulation

Experimental group

Description:

First, students will go through an inverted class on sepsis. Then, they will be submitted to high-fidelity simulation scenarios to care for patients with sespe. After the scenario, the students' physiological parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation) will be measured. After the scenario, students will go through a reflective debriefing session.

Treatment:

Other: High-Fidelity Simulation

Low-Fidelity Simulation

Active Comparator group

Description:

First, students will go through an inverted class on sepsis. Then, they will be submitted to low-fidelity simulation scenarios to care for patients with sespe. After the scenario, the students' physiological parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation) will be measured. After the scenario, students will go through a feedback session.

Treatment:

Other: Low-Fidelity Simulation