[Development and Effectiveness of Progressive Simulation Education Program on Medication Safety for Nursing Students]

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Healthcare Simulation
• Patient Safety

Background:

• Medication errors pose a significant risk in healthcare.
• Effective training is crucial for developing nursing students' medication safety skills.
• Simulation-based education offers a promising approach to enhance clinical competencies.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate a progressive simulation education program.
• To enhance nursing students' medication safety competency.
• To improve communication and problem-solving skills in nursing students.

Main Methods:

• A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used.
• Forty third-year nursing students participated, divided into experimental and control groups.
• A hybrid simulation approach with mannequins and standardized patients was implemented over three sessions.

Main Results:

• The experimental group showed significantly higher medication safety competencies compared to the control group.
• Improvements were observed in communication self-efficacy, learning self-efficacy, and problem-solving abilities.
• The simulation program demonstrated a positive impact on key nursing student competencies.

Conclusions:

• The developed simulation program effectively enhances nursing students' medication safety competence.
• The program can inform educational strategies for medication safety in nursing institutions.
• It is expected to benefit novice nurses in clinical settings.