Effect of simulated clinical training among nursing students before clinical practice

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to conduct simulated clinical training among nursing students with no clinical experience and clarify its effects. The participant students were divided into the positions of "nurse role", "assistant role" and "observer", and asked to fill in the questionnaire form after the training. As a result, practical knowledge on patients and nursing in such categories as “difficulty in coping with the patient’s vulnerability”, “uneasiness about not meeting requests of the patient”, “necessity of ability in communicating with the patient”, “recognizing individuality of the patient”, “noticing unexpected reaction of the patient”, and “stiffness and lack of flexibility due to concentrating on the present situation” was acquired. The results were compared among the three positions and the differences were not significant in most cases. This suggests that the nurse role is not always the most learnable position in simulated clinical training. It can be said further that it is important for nursing students to share the knowledge learned from each position with the peer students who played other roles in order to increase and develop the effect of the training.