The effect of simulation on auscultation skills, self-confidence and anxiety levels in nursing students: A randomized controlled trial
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2024
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Elsevier Sci Ltd
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Aim: This study evaluated the effect of simulation on auscultation skills, self-confidence and anxiety levels. Background: Auscultation is an essential topic in nursing education and patient care. Simulation is efficacious in improving auscultation skills and self-confidence and reducing anxiety levels. It is a valuable educational approach whose effects should be evaluated and disseminated in the context of auscultation. Design: This study had a randomised controlled trial design. Methods: The study was conducted with second -year nursing students enrolled at a university in Turkey. One group of students studied auscultation of heart, lung and bowel sounds with a simulated patient (n = 28), the second group with a high fidelity simulator (n = 30) and the third group with traditional education (n = 28). Data were collected using a demographic information form, auscultation control list and Nursing Anxiety and Self -Confidence with Clinical Decision Making Scale. The students' psychomotor auscultation skills, selfconfidence and anxiety levels were evaluated. Data on auscultation skills were assessed after the intervention, while data on self-confidence and anxiety levels were collected at baseline, after the intervention and after clinical practices throughout the academic year. Results: Anxiety and self-confidence levels showed statistically significant differences in intragroup evaluation. The self-confidence levels of the groups working with simulation did not change much in the follow-up test conducted after the end of clinical practices. The mean skill scores in the auscultation control list showed a statistically significant difference between the groups. Conclusions: Simulation and traditional approaches are effective in learning auscultation skills. However, the positive effects of simulation, particularly in enhancing students' self-confidence and reducing anxiety levels, appear to be more permanent and impactful than traditional education. Therefore, it is recommended that simulation be prioritized for teaching auscultation skills.
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Anxiety; Auscultation; Nursing education; Nursing students; Self-confidence; Simulation
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Nurse Education In Practice
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Q1
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