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Integrating quality and safety competencies into undergraduate nursing using student-designed simulation.
Ronald Piscotty1, Claudia Grobbel, Huey-Ming Tzeng
1School of Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. piscotty@oakland.edu
The Journal of Nursing Education
|May 4, 2011
Summary
A student-led simulation teaching approach significantly improved nursing students' quality and safety knowledge and skills. This innovative method enhanced self-efficacy in essential healthcare competencies.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety
Background:
- Traditional nursing education may not fully equip students with essential quality and safety competencies.
- There is a need for innovative teaching strategies to enhance nursing students' understanding and application of quality and safety principles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a student-led simulation as an innovative teaching approach.
- To determine if this approach improves nursing students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes in Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies.
Main Methods:
- A quasi-experimental pretest and posttest design was employed.
- Data were collected from 141 baccalaureate nursing students in traditional and accelerated leadership courses.
- Paired-samples t tests were used for data analysis.
Main Results:
- Overall self-inventory scores significantly increased in both traditional (p < 0.001) and accelerated (p = 0.011) groups.
- Knowledge and safety test scores showed significant improvement in both groups (p < .001 for traditional knowledge, p = 0.028 for traditional safety; p = 0.027 for accelerated knowledge, p = 0.03 for accelerated safety).
- The student-led simulation intervention significantly enhanced students' self-efficacy and knowledge regarding quality and safety.
Conclusions:
- Student-led simulations are an effective pedagogical strategy for enhancing nursing students' quality and safety competencies.
- This innovative teaching method positively impacts students' self-efficacy and knowledge in critical healthcare areas.
- The findings support the integration of simulation-based learning to improve nursing education outcomes in patient safety and quality care.
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