Nursing Students' Recognition of and Response to Deteriorating Patients

University of Agder

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Other: High-fidelity simulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04063319

52110

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall aim of this intervention study is to examine the effects of an high-fidelity simulation intervention in undergraduate nursing education developed to identify recognizing and responding to patient deterioration. Half of the participants will receive an intervention with high-fidelity simulation, while the other half will not receive any instructional intervention.

Full description

Simulation-based nursing education is an increasingly used pedagogical approach.

The overall aim of this intervention study is to examine the effects of an high-fidelity simulation intervention developed to identify how recognizing and responding to patient deterioration improves the knowledge and self-confidence of undergraduate nursing students.

Specific aims:

1. To describe and estimate the change in undergraduate nursing students' knowledge and perceived self-confidence after an high-fidelity simulation intervention.
2. To identify the barriers and enablers that may impact on a successful implementation of the high-fidelity simulation intervention.

Half of the participants will receive an intervention with high-fidelity simulation, while the other half will not receive any instructional intervention. All participants will answer a questionnaire developed to measure perceived knowledge and levels of self-confidence pre- and post-intervention or before and after a meeting (control group). Five students and six faculty members will also be interviewed as a part of a process evaluation.

The study is part of a PhD project.

Enrollment: 183 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All undergraduate nursing students at two universities enrolling in a specific course that includes high-fidelity simulation

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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183 participants in 2 patient groups

High-fidelity simulation

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in the intervention group will receive an high-fidelity simulation intervention

Treatment:

Other: High-fidelity simulation

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in the control group will not receive any instructional intervention