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Jill Roberts Hobbs1, Kimberly Ellison Wilson
1About the Authors Jill Roberts Hobbs, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC, CNE, and Kimberly Ellison Wilson, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, are clinical assistant professors, Capstone College of Nursing, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For more information, contact Dr. Hobbs at jrhobbs@ua.edu .
Nursing Education Perspectives
|December 18, 2024
Summary
Implementing simulation best practices, including prebriefing, in advanced practice nursing education significantly improved student scores. This approach enhances virtual simulation effectiveness in graduate nursing curricula.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Medical Simulation
- Advanced Practice Nursing
Background:
- Nurse educators face challenges integrating simulation best practices (SBP) into advanced practice curricula.
- Virtual simulation offers a method for delivering asynchronous learning experiences in online graduate nursing programs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the impact of prebriefing and debriefing using asynchronous virtual simulation on student performance and experience.
- To assess the effectiveness of simulation best practices in a nurse practitioner course.
Main Methods:
- A pretest-posttest design was employed with 36 students in a nurse practitioner course.
- Software-generated asynchronous virtual simulation was utilized, incorporating prebriefing and debriefing components.
- Simulation scores and debriefing experience were measured using validated scales.
Main Results:
- Students in the prebriefing group achieved statistically higher simulation scores.
- Debriefing experience scale scores showed an increase from pretest to posttest.
- Four specific items on the debriefing experience scale demonstrated statistical significance.
Conclusions:
- The study supports the implementation of simulation best practices, particularly prebriefing, in online graduate nursing education.
- Asynchronous virtual simulation with structured prebriefing and debriefing can effectively enhance learning outcomes.
- Findings provide evidence for integrating SBP into advanced practice nursing curricula to improve student preparedness.
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