J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2019 Aug;25(3):331-343. 10.5977/jkasne.2019.25.3.331.

The Effects of Simulation Education for New Nurses on Emergency Management Using Low-fidelity Simulator

• Lee YH
• Ahn HY

• KMID: 2457636
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2019.25.3.331

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study focuses on investigating the effectiveness of simulation education on emergency management using a low-fidelity simulator as related to clinical skill performance, self-confidence, knowledge, learning satisfaction, and critical thinking disposition in new nurses.
METHODS
A pre-post test experimental design of nonequivalent control group was applied. Fifty-five new nurses were recruited, 28 nurses for the experimental group and 27 nurses for the control group. A simulation education for emergency management comprising knowledge lecture, team learning, skill education, team simulation, and debriefing was developed and implemented from Feb. 14 to 27, 2015. Data were analyzed with percentage, average, and standard deviation, chi-square, and t-test using SPSS.
RESULTS
The experimental group showed significantly higher knowledge (t=5.81, p<.001), clinical skill performance (t=10.08, p<.001), self-confidence (t=-6.24, p<.001), critical thinking disposition (t=2.42, p=.019), and learning satisfaction (t=4.21, p<.001) for emergency management compared with the control group who had traditional lecture education.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that a simulation education using a low-fidelity simulator is an efficient teaching method for new nurses to deepen their clinical skill performance, self-confidence, knowledge, learning satisfaction, and critical thinking disposition in learning emergency management.

Keyword

Patient simulation; Education; Emergency nursing; Clinical competence; Nurses

MeSH Terms

Clinical Competence
Education*
Emergencies*
Emergency Nursing
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Learning
Patient Simulation
Research Design
Teaching
Thinking