Effectiveness of Simulation in Nursing Students' Critical Thinking Scores: A Pre-/Post-Test Study

Saghafi, F; Blakey, N; Guinea, S; Levett-Jones, T

Effectiveness of Simulation in Nursing Students' Critical Thinking Scores: A Pre-/Post-Test Study

Saghafi, F Blakey, N Guinea, S Levett-Jones, T

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Citation:: Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2024, 89
Issue Date:: 2024-04-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Saghafi, F
dc.contributor.author	Blakey, N
dc.contributor.author	Guinea, S
dc.contributor.author	Levett-Jones, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4279-8957
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-19T04:02:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-19T04:02:31Z
dc.date.issued	2024-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2024, 89
dc.identifier.issn	1876-1399
dc.identifier.issn	1876-1402
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180867
dc.description.abstract	Background: This study investigated how final-year undergraduate nursing students’ critical thinking skills were impacted after attending a purposefully designed 15 hour program with nine hours of simulation-based learning activities aligned with a theoretical framework of clinical reasoning comprising the Clinical Reasoning Cycle and Debriefing for Meaningful Learning. Method: A one-group pre-test post-test design was used. Fifty-six final semester undergraduate nursing students from five campuses of one Australian university participated in this study. Data were collected before and after the simulation program using the Health Sciences Reasoning Test. Results: Analysis of data using paired sample t-tests demonstrated a positive change in critical thinking scores after completing the program (95% confidence interval 0.206-2.079). A total of 62.5% of participants achieved two scores higher after completing the simulation program. Conclusions: Implementing a simulation program designed according to the Clinical Reasoning Cycle and using the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning model is associated with enhancing the critical thinking skills of nursing students.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Clinical Simulation in Nursing
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101500
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing
dc.subject.classification	4204 Midwifery
dc.subject.classification	4205 Nursing
dc.title	Effectiveness of Simulation in Nursing Students' Critical Thinking Scores: A Pre-/Post-Test Study
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	89
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/School of Nursing and Midwifery
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Climate Change & Health Research Collaborative (CCHRC)
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dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2024-09-19T04:02:29Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	89

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Background: This study investigated how final-year undergraduate nursing students’ critical thinking skills were impacted after attending a purposefully designed 15 hour program with nine hours of simulation-based learning activities aligned with a theoretical framework of clinical reasoning comprising the Clinical Reasoning Cycle and Debriefing for Meaningful Learning. Method: A one-group pre-test post-test design was used. Fifty-six final semester undergraduate nursing students from five campuses of one Australian university participated in this study. Data were collected before and after the simulation program using the Health Sciences Reasoning Test. Results: Analysis of data using paired sample t-tests demonstrated a positive change in critical thinking scores after completing the program (95% confidence interval 0.206-2.079). A total of 62.5% of participants achieved two scores higher after completing the simulation program. Conclusions: Implementing a simulation program designed according to the Clinical Reasoning Cycle and using the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning model is associated with enhancing the critical thinking skills of nursing students.

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