Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine the impact of a virtual simulation on undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes, beliefs, and awareness of poverty. Methodology: The SPENT virtual poverty simulation was conducted in a small private college located in the Northeast. The program was implemented during a Community Health nursing class with 22 students. Participating students were given a pre- and post-questionnaire to assess how the implementation of a virtual poverty simulation impacts undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes, beliefs, and awareness of poverty. Implications/Conclusion: There was no statistically significant results obtained from pre to post test results. Two-tailed t-tests were used to analyze the results. Dichotomized findings indicated a positive change in perspective or insight that the use of the SPENT virtual poverty program helped to fill the gap in understanding the real causative and repercussive issues surrounding poverty, as well as a positive appreciation of the relevance of the social determinants of health as indicated in positive changes in the statistical mean

Author Details

Kimberly Sullivan - EdD, DNP (c), APRN, FNP, RN and Alice Kindschuh - DNP, APRN-CNS, CNE

Sigma Membership

Theta Tau

Lead Author Affiliation

Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Students, Poverty Simulation, Simulations, Undergraduate Nursing Students, Nursing Education

Advisor

Kindschuh, Alice

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Nebraska Methodist College

Degree Year

2021

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Review Type

Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

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