Louisa R Peralta, Cassidy Kealy-Ashby, Katherine Owen, Lucy Corbett
Health literacy profiles of final year pre-service teachers in two initial education programs compared with the general population: A cross-sectional study using the Health Literacy Questionnaire
Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
critical thinking identified one standards nursing school accreditation longstanding outcome nursing education nursing practice highfidelity simulation one method currently used nursing programs increase critical thinking nursing students despite expectations limited empirical evidence compares effects simulation teaching strategies purpose study examine whether statistically significant differences existed mean critical thinking skill scores within groups pretest posttest groups simulation versus written case studies quantitative causalcomparative methodology pretestposttest design private university midwestern united states offers fouryear bachelor science nursing program baccalaureate junior nursing students n 69 recruited convenience sample divided two groups consisted simulation group n 36 written case studies comparison group n 33 research study consisted pretest three weeks either simulation group written case studies group posttest health science reasoning test hsrt instrument used pretest posttest measure critical thinking skills participants repeated measures mixed analysis variance anova indicated statistically significant difference participants mean critical thinking scores within groups pretest posttest groups simulation versus written case studies use highfidelity simulation teaching strategy versus written case studies increase critical thinking skills nursing students supported