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Effects of a Complex Case Study and High-Fidelity Simulation on Mechanical Ventilation on Knowledge and Clinical Judgment of Undergraduate Nursing Students
  Background
Improving nursing students' knowledge and clinical judgment related to mechanical ventilation (MV) is paramount, considering the heightened need for MV due to the current COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. High-fidelity simulation (HFS) provides students with real-life clinical experiences that they would rarely confront in clinical training, especially complex case scenarios (such as a patient needing MV).

Purpose
This study assessed students' clinical knowledge and judgment after including HFS involving MV in an undergraduate nursing program.

Methods
This was a quasi-experimental design with a convenience sample of 151 nursing students using the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric.

Results
There were significant differences between the intervention and control groups in knowledge (t = 20.42; P = .001) and total clinical judgment scores (t = 19.55; P < .001) post-HFS.

Conclusions
Including a complex case study using MV and HFS significantly improved students' clinical decision-making, clinical knowledge, and self-confidence and enhanced their critical thinking, noticing, interpreting, reflecting, and responding capabilities.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    24 November 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

  • DOI:

    10.1097/nne.0000000000000938

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1097/nne.0000000000000938

  • ISSN:

    0363-3624

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Salameh, B., Ayed, A., Kassabry, M., & Lasater, K. (2021). Effects of a Complex Case Study and High-Fidelity Simulation on Mechanical Ventilation on Knowledge and Clinical Judgment of Undergraduate Nursing Students. Nurse Educator, 46(4), E64-E69. https://doi.org/10.1097/nne.0000000000000938

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