scholarly journals A review of clinical reasoning in nursing education: based on high-fidelity simulation teaching method

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao-Qian Luo ◽  
Marcia A Petrini

AbstractObjectiveClinical reasoning is an essential feature of health care practice; it is also a crucial ability for providing patient care of high quality. It has been identified that graduate nurses may lack the clinical reasoning skills to deliver safe and effective patient care. It is therefore of paramount importance to enhance nursing students' clinical reasoning ability. High-fidelity simulation (HFS) is proved to be an effective teaching and learning method, which may also have some advantages over other teaching methods.MethodsThe authors retrospectively reviewed the related literature, illustrated the application of high-fidelity simulation teaching method in nursing education, putting the focus on the use of it in teaching with clinical reasoning.ResultsThe application of high-fidelity simulation to nursing education can simulate the clinical situation, thus to create a safe, continuous and efficient learning environment for students, and it can effectively improve students' clinical reasoning ability.Conclusionshigh-fidelity simulation is effective for clinical reasoning teaching in nursing education. The extension of its application in China should be of great value. The relevant further study is suggested focusing on how to overcome its own limitations and have it better applied in nursing education in China.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Leona Konieczny

Nursing education includes the area of pharmacological therapies. Nursing educators may benefit from having students think like a nurse related to medication administration. The increased use of prescription medication and the complexities of medication administration present the need for clinical judgment. Simulation is used as an educational strategy to provide the opportunity for students to practice safe interventions which require the use of judgment to notice changes and interpret and intervene correctly. The comparison of low-fidelity and high-fidelity simulation experience in a study sample (n = 126) is examined for the effect on clinical judgment. The Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric (LCJR) is used to score students after the simulation related to medication administration. Two of the items in the LCJR, noticing deviations (p = .35) and self analysis (p = .32), are positively affected by the level of fidelity of the simulation. A diverse, nontraditional student study sample demonstrated consistency in LCJR scoring. The outcome of increased clinical judgment may improve safety and nursing care in medication administration among nursing students.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilek Sarı ◽  
Hatice Erdem

Nursing is an applied profession which requires the combination of theoretical content and practical skills in a meaningful way. Nursing education must help students internalize information, skills, attitudes, professional values and ethical standards concerning the discipline and make them a part of their behavior. Nursing education necessitates an education system which covers all cognitive, affective and psychomotor areas of learning at a level of adequacy that could get students to assume the specified roles. As well as technical skills, such skills as providing a holistic and empathic health care and communication and team cooperation must be included by this system. The main objective of nursing education is to train nurses who can combine theory and practice, think critically in the learning process and have acquired effective problem solving skills. In the educational settings of our day, different teaching technologies are employed at each stage of instruction. Many instructional methods and strategies are tried out for the improvement of information and skills in nursing education. A great majority of educational methods and strategies consists of computer aided education, simulation and distance education approaches. One of the methods employed in order for students to improve their competence in health care management and to gain perfection. It is not always possible for students to gain appropriate clinical experience because they spend less time in the clinic due to such reasons as the limited areas of clinical practice in the complex structure of health care system, shorter stays of patients in hospitals and problems concerning the education system. However, despite all these negative factors, nurses are expected to possess the ability to perform nursing skills perfectly when encountered challenging situations. Considering such restrictions, simulation based learning plays a pivotal role for nursing students studying in the constantly changing health care system to get properly prepared.Simulation practices are considered as a significant step towards offering safe care to patients in health care services by providing a learning environment in which environmental risks are minimized. In recent years, patient stimulators that have high fidelity have attracted gradually increasing interest as en educational tool in nursing education. This review was planned with the aim of examining the results of studies carried out on the use of high fidelity simulation in nursing education. Study population consisted of 53 published studies which were reached as a result of the review of the data bases, “Pubmed” and “Science Direct” using the keywords “simulation”, “nursing”, “education”, “students” and “high fidelity” in April-May 2017. In the review, articles which were published in English and had their full texts were chosen for examinations. 23 studies meeting the criteria of the present research comprised the study sample. More than half the studies (15) included in the review cover the comparison of high fidelity simulation with another learning method. High fidelity simulation is also seen to be compared with standardized patients, traditional learning methods and moderate and low fidelity simulation. In the examination of the results of these studies most methods showed no superiority to others, but it was found that knowledge, skills and performance scores increased in the education offered using high fidelity simulation. In conclusion, in the education carried out with high fidelity simulation, increases can be observed in students’ clinical thinking and decision making, confidence, motivation and motor skills. Therefore, the use of simulation in the education of nursing students is accepted as the golden standard.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetHemşirelik, kuramsal içeriğin, pratik beceri ile anlamlı bir biçimde birleşmesini gerektiren uygulamalı bir meslektir. Hemşirelik eğitimi; öğrencilere belirtilen rolleri kazandıracak yeterlilikte bilişsel, duyusal ve psikomotor öğrenme alanlarını kapsayan bir eğitim sistemini gerektirmektedir. Bu sistemde teknik becerilerin yanı sıra; bütüncül ve empatik bakım verme, iletişim ve ekip işbirliği gibi beceriler de yer almalıdır. Hemşirelik eğitiminde temel amaç; teori ile uygulamayı birleştirebilen, öğrenme sürecinde eleştirel düşünebilen ve etkin problem çözme becerisi kazanmış hemşireler yetiştirmektir. Günümüzde eğitim ortamlarında, öğretim sürecinin her aşamasında farklı öğretim teknolojileri kullanılmaktadır. Eğitim yöntem ve stratejilerinin önemli bir grubunu, bilgisayar destekli eğitim, simülasyon ve uzaktan eğitim yaklaşımları oluşturmaktadır. Öğrencilerin hasta bakım yönetiminde yeterliliğini geliştirmesi ve yetkinlik kazanması için benimsenen yöntemlerinden birisi de simülasyondur. Sağlık bakım sisteminin karmaşık yapısı içinde klinik uygulama alanlarının sınırlı olması, hastaların hastanede kalış sürelerinin kısalması ve eğitim sistemi kaynaklı nedenlerle klinikte daha az zaman geçirmeleri sonucunda öğrencilerin uygun klinik deneyim kazanabilmeleri her zaman mümkün olamamaktadır. Ancak tüm bu olumsuz faktörlere rağmen hemşirelerden zor durumlar karşısında hemşirelik becerilerini eksiksiz sergileyebilecek yeteneğe sahip olmaları beklenmektedir. Söz konusu sınırlamalar göz önüne alındığında, simülasyon temelli öğrenme, sürekli değişen sağlık bakım sistemi içinde eğitim gören hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yeterli hazırlanmasında anahtar rol oynamaktadır.Son yıllarda gerçekliğe yakınlığı yüksek hasta simülatörleri hemşirelik eğitiminde bir eğitim aracı olarak giderek artan bir ilgiyle kullanılmaktadır. Bu derleme hemşirelik eğitiminde yüksek gerçeklikli simülasyon kullanımına yönelik yapılan çalışmaların sonuçlarını incelemek amacıyla planlanmıştır. Çalışmanın evrenini Nisan-Mayıs 2017 tarihlerinde “simülation”, “nursing”, “education”, “students”, “high fidelity” anahtar kelimeleriyle, “Pubmed” ve “Science Direct” veri tabanları taranarak yayınlanmış olan 53 çalışma oluşturmuştur. İncelemede, yayın dili İngilizce olan ve tam metni bulunan makaleler seçilmiştir. Araştırma kriterlerini karşılayan 23 çalışma derlemenin örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Derlemeye dahil edilen araştırmaların yarısından fazlası (15) yüksek gerçeklikli simülasyon ile bir diğer öğrenme yönteminin karşılatırılmasından oluşmaktadır. Yüksek gerçeklikli simülasyonun; standardize hasta, geleneksel öğrenme yöntemleri, orta ve düşük gerçeklikli simülasyon ile karşılaştırıldığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmaların sonuçları incelendiğinde çoğunun birbirine karşı bir üstünlüğü bulunmamış fakat yüksek gerçeklikli simülasyon ile yapılan eğitimde bilgi, beceri ve performans puanlarında artma olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak yüksek gerçeklikli simülasyon ile yapılan eğitimde; öğrencilerin klinik düşünme ve karar verme, özgüven, motivasyon ve motor becerilerinde artma görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin eğitiminde simülasyon kullanımı altın standart olarak kabul edilmektedir.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 829-837
Author(s):  
Carol A. Reid ◽  
Jody L. Ralph ◽  
Maher El-Masri ◽  
Katrice Ziefle

Clinical judgment, one’s ability to think like a nurse, is an essential skill for safe nursing practice. With the rise of simulation to replace clinical experiences, there is limited evidence regarding the effectiveness of simulation on the development of clinical judgment. This study explored differences in clinical judgment in maternal–newborn courses between undergraduate nursing students participating exclusively in simulation and those participating in hospital-based clinical experiences. Following completion of the clinical rotation, students participated in an evaluative maternal–newborn high-fidelity simulation experience that was recorded and evaluated using the Lasater’s Clinical Judgment Rubric (2007). Lasater’s Clinical Judgment Rubric scores between the simulation and clinical practice groups were compared using an independent sample t-test. There was no statistical difference in clinical judgment scores between the simulation and hospital-based clinical groups ( t = −1.056, P = .295). Our findings suggest that simulation may be a comparable alternative to clinical experience in nursing education.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tera R. Kirkman

AbstractBackground: Members of nursing faculty are utilizing interactive teaching tools to improve nursing student’s clinical judgment; one method that has been found to be potentially effective is high fidelity simulation (HFS). The purpose of this time series design study was to determine whether undergraduate nursing students were able to transfer knowledge and skills learned from classroom lecture and a HFS clinical to the traditional clinical setting.Method: Students (n=42) were observed and rated on their ability to perform a respiratory assessment. The observations and ratings took place at the bedside, prior to a respiratory lecture, following the respiratory lecture, and following simulation clinical.Results: The findings indicated that there was a significant difference (p=0.000) in transfer of learning demonstrated over time. Conclusions: Transfer of learning was demonstrated and the use of HFS was found to be an effective learning and teaching method. Implications of results are discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Burbach ◽  
Susan Barnason ◽  
Sarah A Thompson

AbstractThink Aloud (TA), a strategy in which subjects are instructed to verbalize thoughts as they occur while completing an assigned task, was integrated into a study of clinical reasoning during high fidelity patient simulation by baccalaureate nursing students. TA methods in nursing education research with patient simulation have not previously been reported. Concurrent TA (verbalization of thoughts in short-term memory) and retrospective TA (reflective thoughts verbalized during an immediate post-simulation interview) methods facilitated the collection of rich and meaningful data. Students demonstrated distinct patterns in verbalization during concurrent TA, including public and private thoughts, narration of care, and the use of the pause to facilitate clinical reasoning. Retrospective TA data provided rich descriptions of reflection-on-action. TA provides a rich source of data regarding clinical reasoning as experienced by the baccalaureate nursing student during high fidelity patient simulation.


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e040171
Author(s):  
Yuxuan Zhu ◽  
Cong Geng ◽  
Xianbo Pei ◽  
Xiaoli Chen

IntroductionHigh-fidelity simulation (HFS) can bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and nursing practice and improve safety and quality of patient care in baccalaureate nursing education. Although inconsistent assessment instruments or lack of high-quality research designs affect the strength of the evidence and limit the generalisability of the results, quantitative studies generally demonstrate the effectiveness of HFS in baccalaureate nursing education. Synthesis of the existing evidence of baccalaureate nursing students’ experiences with HFS is crucial for the improvement and revision of simulation design and teaching.Methods and analysisA comprehensive search for qualitative studies on baccalaureate nursing students’ experiences with HFS will be conducted in the following databases: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, ProQuest, Web of Science, PsycINFO, the Cochrane library, China Biology Medicine disc, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals. This review considered studies reported in English or Chinese, and studies that were conducted between January 2000 and December 2019 in view of the launch of International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. The literature search will be conducted by two independent reviewers, and any disagreement will be adjudicated by discussion or with a third reviewer. The two independent reviewers will use the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research to assess the methodological validity, following which the JBI standardised data extraction tools will be used to extract relevant data. The JBI meta-aggregation method will be subsequently used to synthesise the data, eventually forming themes, categories and synthesised findings. The final synthesised findings will establish confidence levels based on the JBI ConQual approach.Ethics and disseminationThis review does not require formal ethical review since it is based on available published literature. Findings will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and, if possible, presented in scientific conferences.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viola Janse van Vuuren ◽  
Eunice Seekoe ◽  
Daniel Ter Goon

Although nurse educators are aware of the advantages of simulation-based training, some still feel uncomfortable to use technology or lack the motivation to learn how to use the technology. The aging population of nurse educators causes frustration and anxiety. They struggle with how to include these tools particularly in the light of faculty shortages. Nursing education programmes are increasingly adopting simulation in both undergraduate and graduate curricula. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of nurse educators regarding the use of high fidelity simulation (HFS) in nursing education at a South African private nursing college. A national survey of nurse educators and clinical training specialists was completed with 118 participants; however, only 79 completed the survey. The findings indicate that everyone is at the same level as far as technology readiness is concerned, however, it does not play a significant role in the use of HFS. These findings support the educators’ need for training to adequately prepare them to use simulation equipment. There is a need for further research to determine what other factors play a role in the use of HFS; and if the benefits of HFS are superior to other teaching strategies warranting the time and financial commitment. The findings of this study can be used as guidelines for other institutions to prepare their teaching staff in the use of HFS.


Author(s):  
Ana Rosa Alconero-Camarero ◽  
Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo ◽  
María José Catalán-Piris ◽  
Silvia González-Gómez ◽  
José Rafael González-López

Training based on clinical simulation is an effective method of teaching in nursing. Nevertheless, there is no clear evidence about if it is better to use high- or medium-fidelity simulation. The aim is to analyse if students are more satisfied when their clinical simulation practices are based on high-fidelity simulation (HFS) or medium-fidelity simulation (MFS). Students´ satisfaction was assessed using the Satisfaction Scale Questionnaire with High-Fidelity Clinical Simulation. The sample is composed of 393 students from two Spanish Universities. Satisfaction with simulation in nursing students is significantly greater in MFS than HFS. Simulation is beneficial for learning in all its forms, but for the acquisition of basic skills, and at a lower cost, MFS proves to be effective. However, high-fidelity is not always better than medium-fidelity as this depends on the student’s level of knowledge and clinical experience.


Author(s):  
Sandra Johnston ◽  
Naomi Tutticci ◽  
Karen Theobald ◽  
Joanne Ramsbotham

Abstract Objectives This pilot study examined if the Clinical Reasoning Observer Worksheet (CROW) compared to a standard observer worksheet used during simulation, would enhance nursing students active learning behaviours and perceptions of clinical reasoning ability. Methods This pilot study was undertaken to test the design and processes for a future larger study and reports on preliminary evidence of efficacy of recruitment procedures and instrumentation in addition to student’s learning outcomes. Results There was little overall difference in outcomes between groups who used either simulation observer worksheet. Overall, participants who used either worksheet perceived their ability to apply clinical reasoning to an episode of patient care increased. Conclusions Modifications were identified as necessary for a larger study including changes to instrumentation, method of survey delivery and training of simulation facilitators. A more definitive evaluation will be achievable with a larger group of students in a main study with the suggested modifications.


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