Title

Effect of Simulation Role on Clinical Decision-Making Accuracy

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Publication Date

3-1-2016

Abstract

Background: Clinical simulation affords valuable practice with the process of clinical decision-making. Participation in the simulation experience often includes various roles (e.g., primary nurse; observer) as well as familiar and unfamiliar situations. Method: This study used a quantitative, mixed factorial design. Results: Role did not impact clinical decision-making accuracy on the familiar situation. On the unfamiliar situation, observers outperformed other roles, whereas family members were markedly less accurate. Conclusion: These results emphasize the need for students to rotate through various roles and for educators to consider the nature and goal of the scenario when deciding what types of roles to assign.

Volume

12

Issue

3

First Page

98

Last Page

106

DOI

10.1016/j.ecns.2016.01.007

ISSN

18761399

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