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Effect of Clinical Reasoning Seminars on Medical-Surgical Specialty HESI Examination Scores
Stephanie Fugate1, Debra Hampton, Kristin Ashford
1Author Affiliations: Chair of Practice Readiness and Instructor (Dr Fugate); Assistant Dean, MSN & DNP Programs, Academic Program Coordinator of Graduate Leadership Programs, and Associate Professor (Dr Hampton); Associate Dean of Undergraduate Faculty and Interprofessional Education Affairs and Professor (Dr Ashford); Assistant Dean of BSN Program Studies and Professor (Dr Welsh); and Associate Professor (Dr Marfell), University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington.
Background:
Clinical reasoning and clinical judgment have been identified as essential skills for the delivery of quality patient care.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of clinical reasoning seminars (CRSs) on medical-surgical specialty HESI examination scores of high-risk students.
Methods:
A retrospective correlational design was used for this study, which involved a review of medical-surgical HESI scores for 115 junior-level baccalaureate nursing students who were identified as academically high-risk and who participated in a series of CRSs.
Results:
The participation in CRSs by high-risk students did not have a statistically significant impact on the medical-surgical HESI scores. Students who attended CRSs, however, had a higher mean medical-surgical HESI score than students who did not attend any CRSs.
Conclusion:
Although statistical differences were not found, it appears that high-risk students may have benefitted from participation in CRSs.
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