Nursing Faculty Use of High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Mixed-Methods Study

作者:Davis Alison H*; Kimble Laura P; Gunby Susan Sweat
来源:Journal of Nursing Education, 2014, 53(3): 142-150.
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20140219-02

摘要

High-fidelity human patient simulation (HFHPS) is an innovative teaching tool. However, limited data exist regarding factors affecting faculty use of HFHPS in undergraduate nursing education. Using a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, predictors of undergraduate faculty (N = 139) use of HFHPS were explored. Data were collected using a Web-based survey. Results indicated a high percentage of HFHPS use in nursing programs but a low percentage of HFHPSs substituting for traditional clinical hours. Faculty who substituted clinical hours with HFHPS had lower self-efficacy beliefs around HFHPS than other faculty surveyed. Qualitative data supported the quantitative findings, including themes that HFHPS provided a safe environment for learning, but it was a mixed result. Results support that nursing faculty%26apos;s beliefs about HFHPS were strongly associated with HFHPS use. Specifically, self-efficacy beliefs and further exploration of the meaning of a safe environment for student learning should be addressed in future studies.

  • 出版日期2014-3