David Menendez, Karl S Rosengren, Martha W Alibali
Detailed bugs or bugging details? The influence of perceptual richness across elementary school years
Journal of experimental child psychology
undergraduate nursing programs required prepare nursing students care people across lifespan however due limited paediatric nursing content undergraduate nursing curricula limited paediatric clinical placements nursing graduates may lack competence experience caring children aim study enhance undergraduate nursing students work readiness confidence care children immersing mock paediatric ward experience students could practice using medical play communicate engage children participants n 22 undergraduate nursing students recruited across years bachelor nursing program participants involved mock paediatric hospital experience providing opportunity engage children 2 8 years mixed methods approach used participants completed confidence scale questionnaire pre post mock paediatric ward experience satisfaction scale post experience inductive thematic analysis used analyse qualitative data quantitative data analysed using wilcoxon signedranked test findings indicated marked improvement paediatric nursing skills work readiness among student nurses post intervention participants developed confidence use medical play mock paediatric nursing setting improvements paediatric nursing skills relation clinical learning clinical reasoning clinical confidence reported mock childrens ward provided real time paediatric experience undergraduate nursing students practice using medical play communicate engage children nursing students opportunity experience childrens play practice age related communication provide explanations children hospital related procedures children may encounter lack paediatric placements necessary nursing curricula examine strategies enhance learning undergraduate students paediatrics