Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care
Title
Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care
Creator
Kenny G; Cargil J; Hamilton C; Sales R
Identifier
Publisher
Journal Of Child Health Care
Date
2014
Subject
Case-based scenarios; children’s nursing; standardized patients
Description
Children’s nurse education is experiencing increases in recruitment targets at the same time that clinical placements are decreasing. With regard to end-of-life care, it is has become a challenge to ensure that all students come into contact with a satisfactory range of experience as part of the requirement for competency at the point of registration. The aim of our study was to find out if students at the end of their course were able to use communication skills acquired in their three years of training and adapt and transfer them to a specific palliative care context even if they had never worked in that area of care. Focus groups were conducted after the simulations which explored the students’ experiences of being involved in the scenarios. Four themes emerged that students identified either inhibited or enabled their communication skills, which included anxiety and fear, the need for professional props, the experience of it being real and feeling empowered.
2014-11
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Type
Journal Article
Citation List Month
Backlog
Citation
Kenny G; Cargil J; Hamilton C; Sales R, “Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed April 23, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/14849.