Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care

Children’s nurse education is experiencing increases in recruitment targets at the same time that clinical placements are decreasing. With regard to end-of-life care, it is has become a challenge to ensure that all students come into contact with a satisfactory range of experience as part of the req...

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Published in:Journal of child health care 2016-06, Vol.20 (2), p.145-152
Main Authors: Kenny, Gerard, Cargil, Jamie, Hamilton, Catherine, Sales, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Clinical Competence
Communication
Education, Nursing
Focus Groups
Humans
Nursing
Palliative Care
Students
Terminal Care
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Summary:Children’s nurse education is experiencing increases in recruitment targets at the same time that clinical placements are decreasing. With regard to end-of-life care, it is has become a challenge to ensure that all students come into contact with a satisfactory range of experience as part of the requirement for competency at the point of registration. The aim of our study was to find out if students at the end of their course were able to use communication skills acquired in their three years of training and adapt and transfer them to a specific palliative care context even if they had never worked in that area of care. Focus groups were conducted after the simulations which explored the students’ experiences of being involved in the scenarios. Four themes emerged that students identified either inhibited or enabled their communication skills, which included anxiety and fear, the need for professional props, the experience of it being real and feeling empowered.
ISSN:1367-4935
1741-2889
DOI:10.1177/1367493514555588