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A pilot study to investigate the effect of a simulation strategy on the clinical decision making of midwifery students.
- Source :
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The Journal of nursing education [J Nurs Educ] 2005 Mar; Vol. 44 (3), pp. 131-4. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The actual effect of the use of simulations on clinical decision making is inconclusive. This pilot study used a posttest design to determine the effect of a simulation strategy on the clinical decision-making process of midwifery students. Thirty-six graduate diploma students volunteered and were randomly assigned to two groups, with the experimental group receiving two simulation sessions (normal labor and physiological jaundice), and the control group receiving the two usual lectures. The main findings were that students who received the simulation strategy collected more clinical information, revisited collected clinical information less, made fewer formative inferences, reported higher confidence levels, and for the posttest normal labor simulation, reached a final decision more quickly. Such effects are reasonable for this type of intervention with the existent variability in each group. Further research with a larger sample size and more rigorous data collection strategies is required.
- Subjects :
- Attitude of Health Personnel
Decision Trees
Education, Nursing, Graduate standards
Female
Humans
New South Wales
Nurse Midwives psychology
Nursing Education Research
Obstetric Labor Complications diagnosis
Obstetric Labor Complications nursing
Pilot Projects
Pregnancy
Problem Solving
Self Efficacy
Teaching standards
Time Factors
Clinical Competence standards
Decision Making
Education, Nursing, Graduate methods
Nurse Midwives education
Nursing Assessment standards
Patient Simulation
Teaching methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0148-4834
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of nursing education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15787022
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20050301-06