The Effects of Low-Fidelity Simulation on Students' Perceived Abilities to Build Therapeutic Relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21455422 |
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| Authors | Rachel Elizabeth Bee, Rachel Bee (Centra Health), Julia Watkins, Julia M Watkins, Ruth Barnes |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 575-579 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Nursing Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0148-4834 • E-ISSN: 1938-2421 |
| Publisher | SLACK, Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3928/01484834-20230815-09 |
| PMID | 37812823 |
| OpenAlex | W4387445684 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Background: The combination of nursing student anxiety toward patients with mental health conditions, along with their unpreparedness for exercising active listening, empathy, and self-awareness in clinical situations, creates a barrier to achieving therapeutic nurse– patient relationships. Method: A quantitative quasiexperimental study with a one-group pretest-posttest design was used to determine whether a low-fidelity communication simulation laboratory would decrease nursing students' perceived anxiety levels toward mental health patients and increase students' perceived empathy, self-awareness, and active listening levels. Results: After completing the communication simulation laboratory, students' anxiety decreased significantly ( p < .001) and active listening increased significantly ( p < .001); empathy and self-awareness levels were relatively unchanged. Conclusion: Using a communication simulation laboratory effectively decreased nursing students' perceived anxiety levels toward patients and improved their perceived active listening skills. The findings of the study support the use of low-fidelity simulations to prepare students for psychiatric nursing clinical practice. [ J Nurs Educ . 2023;62(10):575–579.]
Active listening · Anxiety · Empathy · Fidelity · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Empathy and Medical Education · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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