Traditional clinical training combined with high‐fidelity simulation‐based activities improves clinical competency and knowledge among nursing students on a maternity nursing course

Background Providing adequate and quality clinical training to student nurses is a major issue in nursing education. In the Middle East, this issue is more prominent because providing intimate healthcare to women in maternity nursing, especially by male nursing students, remains a challenge. Purpose...

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Published in:Nursing forum (Hillsdale) Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 434 - 440
Main Authors: Raman, Savithri, Labrague, Leodoro J., Arulappan, Judie, Natarajan, Jansi, Amirtharaj, Anandhi, Jacob, Devakirubai
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2019
Subjects:
Adult
Clinical Competence - standards
Clinical Competence - statistics & numerical data
Clinical nursing
Clinical training
College students
Competence
Competency based learning
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Female
Fidelity
Groups
Health care
Health services
High Fidelity Simulation Training - methods
High Fidelity Simulation Training - standards
High Fidelity Simulation Training - statistics & numerical data
high‐fidelity simulation
Humans
Knowledge
Learning outcomes
Male
Maternal-Child Nursing - education
Maternal-Child Nursing - methods
Medical education
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Oman
Preceptorship - methods
Preceptorship - standards
Preceptorship - statistics & numerical data
Professional training
Quasi-experimental methods
Research design
Simulation
Standardized patients
Students
Students, Nursing - psychology
Students, Nursing - statistics & numerical data
Training
Women
Oman
clinical training
competence
students
high-fidelity simulation
nursing
knowledge
ISSN:0029-6473, 1744-6198, 1744-6198
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Summary:Background Providing adequate and quality clinical training to student nurses is a major issue in nursing education. In the Middle East, this issue is more prominent because providing intimate healthcare to women in maternity nursing, especially by male nursing students, remains a challenge. Purpose This study compared the effects of a combination of traditional clinical training with high‐fidelity simulation (TCT+HFS) activities vs TCT alone on the clinical competency and knowledge among students enrolled in a maternity nursing course in a Middle Eastern public university. Method A quasi‐experimental research design was adopted in the study. The sample consisted of 74 students (40 in the TCT group and 34 in the TCT+HFS group) from a cohort of nursing students in a Middle Eastern university. The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument and a 29‐item, researcher‐designed knowledge scale was used to measure the relevant outcomes. Results No significant difference was observed in the knowledge (F = 1.064, P = 0.306) or clinical competency scores (F = 0.168, P = 0.683) between the TCT+HFS group and the TCT group. Conclusion Substituting 25% of the clinical hours with HFS may yield similar learning outcomes (knowledge and clinical competency) as TCT.
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ISSN:0029-6473
1744-6198
1744-6198
DOI:10.1111/nuf.12351