Simulation with standardized patients: nursing student’s communication skills in health

Authors

  • Fernanda dos Santos Nogueira de Góes
  • Natália Del' Angelo Aredes
  • Cristina Yuri Nakata Hara
  • Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca
  • Suzanne Hetzel Campbell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000300014

Keywords:

Education, Nursing, Patient Simulation, Communication, Students, Nursing.

Abstract

Objective: to identify and measure nursing student’s communication skills in health using simulation with standardized patients. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional study carried out with 16 students of the last year of the nursing undergraduate course. The simulation focused on requesting authorization from the patient/family to perform venipuncture. During the simulation, all the students were evaluated through the Health Communication Assessment Tool. Results: of the 22 items of the tool, 18 reached agreement higher than 50.0%.Of the 16 participants, 14 (87.5%) were assessed as being able to communicate in more than 50.0% of thestatements. Conclusion: students’ communication was satisfactory; there are gaps related to the emotional aspects of the patient and the family, manifesting the need to reinforce communication in the nursing curriculum.

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Published

2017-08-21

How to Cite

Góes, F. dos S. N. de, Aredes, N. D. A., Hara, C. Y. N., Fonseca, L. M. M., & Campbell, S. H. (2017). Simulation with standardized patients: nursing student’s communication skills in health. Rev Rene, 18(3), 383–389. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000300014

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