Impact of Human Patient Simulation on Nursing Clinical Knowledge

IMPACT OF HUMAN PATIENT SIMULATION ON NURSING CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE INTRODUCTION: Currently, there is a widespread shortage of clinical rotation sites for nursing students to practice clinical skills and many schools and acute care facilities have turned to Human Patient Simulation (HPS) as an educational tool. Use of HPS is common, yet its effectiveness is unclear. Therefore, the specific aims of this study were to: 1) to determine if HPS improves clinical knowledge and 2) to determine if HPS improves self-efficacy in clinical behavior in undergraduate nursing students. METHODS: Using a one group, quasi-experimental pre/post-test design, we examined 57 Master's Entry-level Clinical Nurse (MECN) program students, who were studied in groups of 10. All students completed pre-tests (Self-Efficacy for Nursing Skills Questionnaire and Clinical Knowledge Test), participated in four medical-surgical simulations (SimMan, Laerdal), attended debriefing, then completed post-tests (same as pre...