THE EFFECT OF STANDARD PATIENT AND WEB-BASED SIMULATION ON FALL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AMONG NURSING STUDENTS
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Standardized patient, web-based simulation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Patient Safety, Fall, Simulation Edication. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
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Official title
THE EFFECT OF STANDARD PATIENT AND WEB-BASED SIMULATION APPLICATIONS ON NURSING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS FALLS
Overview
The most fundamental principle of any healthcare service is "First, do no harm." No one should be harmed in healthcare services. Falls are the most frequently reported and preventable incident among all safety incidents in the hospital environment. However, falls are the most frequently reported incident among all safety incidents. Patient falls are the most common adverse events in hospitals. Patient falls in hospitals cause physiological and psychological harm to patients, affect the timeliness, effectiveness, and efficiency of care, and lead to increases in hospital costs and length of stay. Therefore, preventing falls, which have serious consequences, is of vital importance in terms of patient safety and healthcare quality. Nurses are a group that can sensitively identify and manage issues related to patient safety. Therefore, it is important to identify and reduce the underlying risk factors for falls in patients and to provide appropriate nursing interventions to prevent secondary injuries in patients who have fallen. Simulation is an important part of nursing education because it improves patient care and ensures patient safety. Simulation-based learning provides students with realistic clinical situations, allowing them to practice clinical skills in a safe environment. This enables students to develop their clinical skills, communication, decision-making, and self-efficacy in a risk-free, safe, and structured environment, representing a contemporary teaching approach. Teaching safe patient care during nursing students' education is one of the most fundamental elements of nursing education. Inadequate nursing knowledge and attitudes increase the risk of falls among patients receiving care. Students with insufficient clinical experience are at high risk of making undesirable errors in patient care. It is important to increase nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding falls during their education. The standard patient and web-based simulation application offers the closest experience to real clinical situations, providing students with significant potential to become aware of falls they may encounter in practice and prevent potential errors. The increasing importance given to patient safety due to the rising number of fall cases supports the necessity of this research. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of standard patient and web-based simulation methods on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding falls.
Interventions
- Other Standardized patient
The group receiving training with standard patients in a simulation laboratory environment. - Other web-based simulation
Group receiving training through web-based simulation in a laboratory environment.
Primary outcome measures
- Planned Mean Change in Total Knowledge Score on the Fall Prevention Knowledge Test (0-28) [Time frame: From enrollment to the 8th week of the intervention]
- Planned Mean Change in Attitude Score on the Nurses' Attitudes Toward Fall Prevention Scale [Time frame: From enrollment to 8 weeks after intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Planned Mean Change in Total Knowledge Score on the Patient Fall Prevention Knowledge Test [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
- Planned Mean Change in Average Attitude Score on the Nurses' Attitudes Towards Fall Prevention Scale [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
- Planned Mean Change in Student Satisfaction Score Regarding the Simulation Experience [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
- Planned Mean Change in Learning Self-Confidence Score Regarding the Simulation Experience [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:Students were included in the study if they were:
- A senior nursing student at Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Nursing
- Volunteering to participate in the study
- Not absent at any time during the study period
- Working/not working as a nurse
Exclusion criteria
- Graduated from a health vocational high school
- Admitted through the Foreign Student Exam (YÖS)
- Graduated from a health-related associate's degree program and then enrolled in the nursing department through the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS)
- Students who did not wish to participate in the study were excluded from the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Adnan Menderes University — Aydin
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07391111 · 2024/028