Nursing Students' Recognition of and Response to Deteriorating Patients

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Clinical Trial

Official title:

Nursing Students' Recognition of and Response to Deteriorating Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04063319
• Other study ID #: 52110
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 15, 2016
• Est. completion date: December 16, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2019
• Source: University of Agder
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall aim of this intervention study is to examine the effects of an high-fidelity simulation intervention in undergraduate nursing education developed to identify recognizing and responding to patient deterioration. Half of the participants will receive an intervention with high-fidelity simulation, while the other half will not receive any instructional intervention.

Description:

Simulation-based nursing education is an increasingly used pedagogical approach.

The overall aim of this intervention study is to examine the effects of an high-fidelity simulation intervention developed to identify how recognizing and responding to patient deterioration improves the knowledge and self-confidence of undergraduate nursing students.

Specific aims:

1. To describe and estimate the change in undergraduate nursing students' knowledge and perceived self-confidence after an high-fidelity simulation intervention.

2. To identify the barriers and enablers that may impact on a successful implementation of the high-fidelity simulation intervention.

Half of the participants will receive an intervention with high-fidelity simulation, while the other half will not receive any instructional intervention. All participants will answer a questionnaire developed to measure perceived knowledge and levels of self-confidence pre- and post-intervention or before and after a meeting (control group). Five students and six faculty members will also be interviewed as a part of a process evaluation.

The study is part of a PhD project.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 183
• Est. completion date: December 16, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 16, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All undergraduate nursing students at two universities enrolling in a specific course that includes high-fidelity simulation

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention

Other:
• High-fidelity simulation
The set up in the high-fidelity simulation intervention is a deteriorating patient scenario.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Agder

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge	Change in total score from 0-20 using 20 multiple choice questions about vital signs, clinical changes in vital signs after major acute blood loss, and nursing procedures. Higher scores at post-intervention represent a better outcome.	Baseline (immediately before intervention) and immediately after intervention (the intervention will last for 3 hours)
Secondary	Levels of self-confidence	Change in total responses using 20 questions with five response alternatives (from not at all confident to very confident) about vital signs, clinical changes in vital signs after major acute blood loss, and nursing procedures . Higher scores at post-intervention represent a better outcome.	Baseline (immediately before intervention) and immediately after intervention (the intervention will last for 3 hours)