Effectiveness of using a simulation combined with online learning approach to develop discharge teaching skills. Nurse Educ Pract 2021 Mar;52:103024
Date
03/29/2021Pubmed ID
33774567DOI
10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103024Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85103101768 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 7 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Despite evidence of the impact of discharge teaching on patient outcomes, nursing students are poorly prepared in the pedagogical skills necessary for their role as patient and family educators in clinical practice. This study evaluated the effectiveness of simulation combined with online learning to improve nursing students' discharge teaching skills.
METHODS: The module included simulations before and after an online module on patient/family teaching for hospital discharge. Evaluation measures were student and independent rater evaluations using the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale- Evaluation form (QDTS-E).
RESULTS: Students (n = 153) improved their performance on both content and delivery subscales of the QDTS-E by 20% (student self-evaluations) and 18% (independent raters). However, correlations between student and rater scores were low (r = 0.08-0.22).
CONCLUSION: Use of simulation with online learning in a discharge teaching module can help students build patient education skills to improve post-discharge patient outcomes, contributing to national health priorities to reduce hospital readmissions. With further refinement and testing, the learning module and QDTS-E evaluation form may also be useful for evaluation and continuing education of clinical nursing staff.
Author List
Weiss ME, Piacentine LB, Candela L, Bobay KLAuthors
Linda Piacentine BS,MS,NP,PhD Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing department at Marquette UniversityMarianne Weiss DNSc Associate Professor in the College of Nursing department at Marquette University
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AftercareClinical Competence
Education, Distance
Humans
Patient Discharge
Students, Nursing
Teaching
