The impact of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning: A quasi-experimental study

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Clinical Simulation in Nursing Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ecns.2025.101711

Oscar Arrogante PhD , Ismael Ortuño-Soriano PhD , Ana Sofia Fernandes-Ribeiro PhD , Marta Raurell-Torredà PhD , Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez PhD , Ignacio Zaragoza-García PhD

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Abstract

Background

Communication skills are essential for fostering nurse-patient relationships and ensuring quality nursing care, making them a critical competency in nursing education. Attitudes constitute powerful behavioral indicators and influence the learning process of nursing students.

Aim

This study evaluated the effects of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students' attitudes toward learning communication skills.

Methods

A total of 149 first-year students participated in a quasi-experimental study, in which their attitudes toward learning communication skills were compared between baseline and after the simulation experience. The standardized patient performed different behaviors during each simulated nursing consultation: assertive, passive/noncompliant, depressed, aggressive, and agitated.

Results

Nursing students significantly improved their attitudes toward learning communication skills after the simulation sessions.

Conclusion

High-fidelity simulation training using standardized patients allows first-year nursing students to improve their attitudes toward learning communication skills. This improvement can provide benefits directly related to nurse-patient relationships and high-quality nursing care. Therefore, the inclusion of simulation training programs in nursing curricula is necessary to promote these attitudes in order to prepare undergraduate nursing students for real clinical practice.

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Clinical Simulation in Nursing NURSING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

15.40%

发文量

107

期刊介绍： Clinical Simulation in Nursing is an international, peer reviewed journal published online monthly. Clinical Simulation in Nursing is the official journal of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL) and reflects its mission to advance the science of healthcare simulation. We will review and accept articles from other health provider disciplines, if they are determined to be of interest to our readership. The journal accepts manuscripts meeting one or more of the following criteria: Research articles and literature reviews (e.g. systematic, scoping, umbrella, integrative, etc.) about simulation Innovative teaching/learning strategies using simulation Articles updating guidelines, regulations, and legislative policies that impact simulation Leadership for simulation Simulation operations Clinical and academic uses of simulation.