THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH-FIDELITY PATIENT SIMULATION TRAINING ON SELF-CONFIDENCE AND STRESS IN NURSING EDUCATION

摘要

This study examines whether HFPS has an added value on perceived self-confidence and stress levels of first- year nursing students during their internship. First-year nursing students (n = 287) of 3 nursing schools in West- Flanders (Belgium) were studied. To achieve the purpose of the study, the students were assigned to an experimental and a control group and a pre-test /post-test occurred. The pre-test occurred after the first internship (2 weeks). The students did not receive HFPS on that moment. To examine the self-confidence and stress, the students completed the questionnaire "Stress and self-confidence during internships". The post-test occurred after the last internship (5 weeks). The experimental group will have completed HFPS before the start of their last internship, while the control group will not have received HFPS before ending their last internship. After the internships, both groups receive the questionnaires: "Stress and self-confidence during internships". This way, it is possible to examine whether HFPS has an impact on the perceived self-confidence and stress level of nursing students during their internship. In addition, after each HFPS session, the Simulation Effectiveness Tool (SET-M) is used to estimate how students experienced their simulation session.