Abstract

This study evaluated if undergraduate nursing students in their final academic year can appropriately recognize and respond to a patient displaying signs of deterioration in a response to rescue simulation. Participants were senior level baccalaureate nursing students in a Northeast university. The student nurses' ability to recognize and respond to patient deterioration due to sepsis according to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) definitions were examined. Participating students reviewed preparation materials and resource components followed by a simulation-based learning experience which followed the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Standards of Best Practice: SimulationSM. The simulation experience was video-recorded and four observers did utilize the Martinez Sepsis Competency Evaluation Tool (MSCET) to assess student ability to recognize and respond to a patient who is deteriorating from sepsis. The MSCET was developed by this principal investigator and validation of this tool was done prior to use. Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS) blended debriefing approach was used to guide the debriefing. Following the debriefing, the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) was used to evaluate the debriefing process.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 28156336; ProQuest document ID: 2466024000. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kelly Martinez, EdD, MSN, FNP-C, APRN

Sigma Membership

Mu Beta

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Feasibility

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Nursing Students, Simulation-Based Learning, Sepsis Deterioration

Advisor

Barbara Aronson

Second Advisor

Linda Warren

Third Advisor

Kimberly O. Lacey

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Southern Connecticut State University

Degree Year

2020

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-09-09

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