David Lubinski, Camilla Persson Benbow
Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth After 35 Years: Uncovering Antecedents for the Development of Math-Science Expertise
Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
lack experience communicating patients families end life key concerns nursing students palliative care simulation using standardized patients sps focusing difficult conversations may lead increased selfconfidence providing palliative endoflife care clinical practice currently paucity research sp palliative care simulations undergraduate nursing education objective research assess 3rd year undergraduate nursing students levels satisfaction selfconfidence palliative endoflife care simulations focusing difficult conversations measured student satisfaction selfconfidence learning scale ssscls simulation design scale sds descriptive postintervention study four palliative care simulation days consisting 2 clinical scenarios conducted 4 weeks first simulation outpatient palliative care clinic scenario second inpatient hospital scenario nursing students enrolled 3rd year nursing palliative care elective n 51 australian university invited participate students attended simulation days eligible participate n 31 immediately postsimulation students invited complete ssscls sds fiftyseven surveys completed simulation 1 n 28 simulation 2 n 29 data analyzed using descriptive statistics results showed students high levels selfconfidence developing palliative care communication skills simulation experiences high levels satisfaction sp simulations lack published literature palliative care endoflife sp simulation highlights need collect evidence support innovative approach teaching palliative care sp palliative care simulation focusing difficult conversations assists developing students communication skills improves satisfaction selfconfidence palliative endoflife care