The impact of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning: A quasi-experimental study
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 st...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/221612 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221612 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Comunicació en infermeria Ensenyament de la infermeria Simulació (Ciències de la salut) Communication in nursing Nursing education Malingering |
| Sumario: | 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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