Other Titles
Critical Thinking and Simulation
Abstract
Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014:
Background: There is little studies to prove the effect of simulation method on the advancement of critical thinking and clinical judgment. Purpose: This study aims to develop the integrated pediatric nursing simulation courseware and evaluate learning outcomes of the courseware when implemented in nursing students. Method: This study used one group, pre-test, post-post design to evaluate the developed courseware. A convenient sample (n=95) of senior nursing students was recruited from a university between Feb. to Nov. 2012. The simulation took place as a required class activity, but the pre/post-surveys were done on a voluntary basis. The developed courseware was composed of four major components including pre-learning checklist, scenario templates, evaluation tools and scripts. The courseware has four scenarios including infant vital measuring, rapport building, febrile infant simulation and emergency measure for high risk newborn with apnea. We examined learning outcomes with Yoon(2008)'s critical thinking pre and post practicum and Lasatar Clinical Judgment Rubric(LCJR, 2006) after each session. The reliability of LCJR was reported as a Cronbach's alpha of .884 in this study. Findings: Average score of clinical judgment using LCJR was 27.9 out of 44, which showed presenting of average clinical judgment among nursing students. Students showed significant improvement in their LCJR score from the first to second simulation experience. Total scores of critical thinking before and after the courseware were 95.97(5.86) and 101.49(8.02), respectively. The critical thinking score significantly increased. Most students agreed that they were satisfied with the simulation and were generally satisfied with the overall experience on the courseware. There are several limitations including not having control group for comparison but the findings of this study present enhanced critical thinking and clinical judgment in nursing students after implementing the courseware.
Sigma Membership
Lambda Alpha at-Large
Lead Author Affiliation
Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Nursing Simulation, Critical Thinking, Clinical Judgment
Recommended Citation
Shin, Hyunsook; Lim, Dahae; Shim, Kaka; Ma, Hyunhee; Kim, Hyojin; and Lee, Yuna, "Implementing simulation courseware in a pediatric nursing practicum" (2014). NERC (Nursing Education Research Conference). 26.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc/2014/presentations_2014/26
Conference Name
Nursing Education Research Conference 2014
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2014
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Implementing simulation courseware in a pediatric nursing practicum
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014:
Background: There is little studies to prove the effect of simulation method on the advancement of critical thinking and clinical judgment. Purpose: This study aims to develop the integrated pediatric nursing simulation courseware and evaluate learning outcomes of the courseware when implemented in nursing students. Method: This study used one group, pre-test, post-post design to evaluate the developed courseware. A convenient sample (n=95) of senior nursing students was recruited from a university between Feb. to Nov. 2012. The simulation took place as a required class activity, but the pre/post-surveys were done on a voluntary basis. The developed courseware was composed of four major components including pre-learning checklist, scenario templates, evaluation tools and scripts. The courseware has four scenarios including infant vital measuring, rapport building, febrile infant simulation and emergency measure for high risk newborn with apnea. We examined learning outcomes with Yoon(2008)'s critical thinking pre and post practicum and Lasatar Clinical Judgment Rubric(LCJR, 2006) after each session. The reliability of LCJR was reported as a Cronbach's alpha of .884 in this study. Findings: Average score of clinical judgment using LCJR was 27.9 out of 44, which showed presenting of average clinical judgment among nursing students. Students showed significant improvement in their LCJR score from the first to second simulation experience. Total scores of critical thinking before and after the courseware were 95.97(5.86) and 101.49(8.02), respectively. The critical thinking score significantly increased. Most students agreed that they were satisfied with the simulation and were generally satisfied with the overall experience on the courseware. There are several limitations including not having control group for comparison but the findings of this study present enhanced critical thinking and clinical judgment in nursing students after implementing the courseware.