Enhancing Clinical Reasoning Competency

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Clinical Reasoning; Communication; Development, Human
• Interventions: Other: virtual simulation-based education program

• Registration Number: NCT06373172
• Lead Sponsor: Tongmyong University

Brief Summary

Enhancing Clinical Reasoning Competency for Undergraduate Nursing Students Using Virtual Simulation-based Education based on the Rasch model

Aims: Clinical reasoning is a core nursing competency that involves analyzing patient-related data and providing appropriate nursing practices. Simulation-based education is effective in improving the clinical reasoning competencies and communication skills of nursing students. This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of virtual simulation-based education.

Detailed Description

Methods: This study used a single-group pre- and post-test experimental design to verify the effectiveness of virtual simulation-based education. Data were collected from June to September 2020. Thirty-six nursing students in the 3rd and 4th grades who understood the purpose of this study were selected as participants. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 25.0 and Winsteps 3.68.2.

Keywords: Clinical Reasoning, Competency, Communication, Nursing, Virtual Simulation

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-03-01
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-18
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

• The participants were third- and fourth-year undergraduate nursing students who understood the purpose of the study and voluntarily agreed to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• A person who has difficulty communicating or has no willingness to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Enhancing Clinical Reasoning Competency for Undergraduate Nursing Students	virtual simulation-based education program	Enhancing Clinical Reasoning Competency for Undergraduate Nursing Students Using Virtual Simulation-based Education based on the Rasch model

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nurses Clinical Reasoning Scale	4month	The Nurses Clinical Reasoning Scale (NCRS) includes 15 items rated on a five-point Likert scale (1=Strongly disagree, 5=Strongly agree, min:15 \& max:75) (Liou et al., 2016). We used the Korean version of the NCRS in this study (Joung \& Han, 2017). Higher scores indicated better clinical reasoning. Cronbach's α was 0.94 for the original NCRS, and 0.93 for the Korean version of the NCRS.
Communication Skills Scale	4month	The Global Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (GICC-15) includes 15 items rated on a five-point Likert scale (1= strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree. min:15 \& max:75) (Rubin \& Martin, 1994). We used the Korean version of the GICC-15 (Hur, 2003). Cronbach's α in Hur's (2003) study was 0.72.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tongmyong Unoversity; 🇰🇷 Busan, Korea, Republic of