Satisfaction and gains perceived by nursing students with medium and high-fidelity simulation: A randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Nurse education today 2016-11, Vol.46, p.127-132
• Main Authors: Baptista, Rui C.N., Paiva, Luís A.R., Gonçalves, Rui F.L., Oliveira, Luís M.N., Pereira, Maria de Fátima C.R., Martins, José C.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Control Groups; Education, Nursing - methods; Educational evaluation; Environment; Experimental Groups; Female; Fidelity; High Fidelity Simulation Training - methods; High-fidelity; Humans; Male; Medium-fidelity; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing Students; Perception; Personal Satisfaction; Quantitative psychology; Randomized Controlled Trials; Realism; Satisfaction; Simulation; Simulation Training - methods; Statistical analysis; Student attitudes; Students, Nursing - psychology; Teaching methods; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0260-6917; 1532-2793
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.08.027

The use of simulation to reproduce the experience of health care settings and its use as a strategy in the teaching of nurses has grown at an unprecedented rate. There is little scientific evidence to examine the differences in satisfaction and gains perceived by the students with the use of medium and high fidelity. To analyse and benchmark gains and satisfaction perceived by nursing students, according to their participation in medium- and high-fidelity simulated practice. Randomized control trial post-test only design with control group. Students of the 4th year of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing who performed medium and high-fidelity simulated practice in a Simulation Centre environment. A satisfaction scale and a scale of perceived gains from the simulation were applied to the students who underwent simulated practice in a medium-fidelity environment (control group) and high-fidelity environment (experimental group). Statistical analysis was performed and a significance level of p