Development of Nursing Students’ Preparation Model for Principles and Techniques in Nursing Practicum through Simulation-based Learning Ward

Abstract

This research and development aim to develop and examine the effectiveness of a nursing students’ preparation model for principles and techniques in nursing practicum through simulation-based learning in a simulated ward. The research included 4 phases: 1) situation analysis, 2) model development, 3) model trial and 4) model improvement. The population and sample were the 2^nd year-nursing students of Boromarajajonani College of Nursing, Nopparat Vajira in the academic year, 2020. The subjects were assigned to the treatment and control groups by simple random samplings. Each group consisted of 35 students. The instruments were the learning achievement test, the cognitive ability assessment, the professional nursing practice assessment, and the perception of self-efficacy questionnaire. The study shows that;

1. The developed model included 4 steps: 1) prepare and review previous experiences, 2) learn new experiences through simulations, 3) contemplate new experiences, and 4) summarize the essence of the new experiences.

2. The results of assessing the effectiveness of the model revealed that the average scores of learning achievement, cognitive ability, professional nursing practice skills, and perception of self-efficacy among the experimental group after participating in simulation-based learning were higher than before participating the simulation-based learning and all the average scores after the simulation-based learning participation among the experimental group were higher than those of the control group at the statistically significant level of p<0.05.

Learning through the experiences in the virtual environment raises the perception of practical nursing competencies and cognitive competence, which lead to the standard of nursing professional practice.