A cooperative learning intervention for improving a simulation-based paediatric nursing course: A quasi-experimental study.

This study aimed to examine if a cooperative intervention improved outcomes for a simulation-based paediatric nursing course. Fostering cooperative learning can enhance student engagement and improve learning. Simulation-based courses provide nursing students an opportunity to practice and hone nurs...

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Publicado en:Nurse Education in Practice Vol. 80
Autores principales: Yang, Bao-Huan, Chung, Chia-Ying, Li, Yuh-Shiow, Lu, Chueh-Fen
Formato: clinical trial research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Oct2024
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          Yang, Bao-Huan
          Chung, Chia-Ying
          Li, Yuh-Shiow
          Lu, Chueh-Fen
        affil: School of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, No. 261, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan District, Taoyuan 33303, Taiwan
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          Students, Nursing, Baccalaureate Psychosocial Factors
          Learning Methods
          Collaboration
          Simulations
          Pediatric Nursing Education
          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
          Human
          Clinical Trials
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Nursing Skills
          Purposive Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Problem Solving
          Student Attitudes
          Student Knowledge
          Paired T-Tests
          Comparative Studies
          Analysis of Covariance
          Confidence Intervals
          Confidence
          Motivation
      ab: This study aimed to examine if a cooperative intervention improved outcomes for a simulation-based paediatric nursing course. Fostering cooperative learning can enhance student engagement and improve learning. Simulation-based courses provide nursing students an opportunity to practice and hone nursing skills when hands-on experiences are limited. Providing instruction in cooperative learning could improve course outcomes. A quasi-experimental study with pre-test/post-test assessments. Third-year nursing students enrolled in an 18-week paediatric simulation-based nursing course were purposively recruited (N = 110). One class (n = 55) received a researcher-developed cooperative learning program, which encouraged student support during class activities and simulations. The second class (control) received usual class instruction and simulations. The efficacy of the intervention was assessed by comparing mean scores at class enrolment (pre-test) and completion (post-test) for self-perceived problem-solving attitude, cooperative learning experience and knowledge of paediatric nursing. Paired t-tests compared pre-test with post-test scores for the two groups. ANCOVA examined differences in mean scores between groups. Correlations between differences in mean pre-test and post-test subscale scores for problem-solving attitude and cooperative learning experience were also examined. There was no significant difference in age or gender between groups. Mean post-test scores on the final exam were significantly higher for students who received the intervention (85.26, 95 % CI 84.19, 86.33) compared with controls (83.61, 95 % CI 82.52, 84.69; F = 4.63, p = 0.034). There were no significant differences in total scores for problem-solving attitude or cooperative learning experience or between groups. For the intervention group, two problem solving subscales were correlated with two cooperative learning subscales: problem solving confidence with learning motivation, respectively (r = 0.302, p = 0.025) and personal control with classroom learning, respectively (r = 0.389, p = 0.003). For the control group, approach-avoidance problem solving was negatively correlated with cooperative learning efficacy (r = −0.343, p = 0.01). Compared with the control group, nursing students who received the cooperative learning intervention had higher scores for knowledge of paediatric nursing, as well as learning motivation and attitude and problem-solving confidence, suggesting that the researcher-designed intervention facilitated simulation-based learning as well as confidence in problem-solving. Nurse educators could easily integrate the intervention into simulation-based paediatric nursing courses to enhance students' problem-solving abilities.
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