Effects of school-based simulation training before pre-graduation clinical practice among nursing undergraduates

Objective To evaluate the effects of school-based simulation training before pre-graduation clinical practice among undergraduate nursing students.Methods Simulation training was implemented among 69 undergraduate nursing students by using a SimMan system.The effects were evaluated by comprehensive examination and questionnaire investigation among nursing students.Results After the training,the students' performance was significantly improved on reply and application of theoretical knowledge,health education and humanistic care,innovation and adaptability,as well as the excellent rate of comprehensive examination and nursing skills (P0.05).While there was no significant difference on the performance of nursing etiquette and attitudes(P0.05) before and after the training.The nursing students held positive attitudes to school-based comprehensive simulation training before pre-graduation clinical practice,and the agreed rates were all over 90%.Conclusion The comprehensive simulation training by using a SimMan system before clinical practice can effectively enhance nursing students' ability to transform learned knowledge into clinical practice and shorten the time to integrate theory and practice.It is proved to be helpful for the role change and adaptability of nursing students in clinical practice.