Development and Evaluation of a Home-visit Simulation Scenario for Elderly People with Diabetes Mellitus Who Live Alone

ABSTRACT

Purpose: Developing and evaluating a simulation scenario for community nursing practicum students.

Design: One group, pretest posttest design with 87 nursing students.

Methods: Data were collected through questionnaires. The simulation was based on Jeffries’ simulation model and used a standardized patient.

Findings: Self-efficacy and critical thinking increased with the developed simulation. Positive correlations were identified among critical thinking, learning effectiveness, and self-efficacy.

Conclusions: The home-visit simulation scenario was effective in providing students with a problem-solving experience in conditions similar to reality.

Clinical Evidence: Further research is needed to develop various types of community simulation scenarios to enhance competency for community health practice.

Key Points

1. Self-efficacy and critical thinking were increased after the application of simulation learning scenario.

2. A positive correlation coefficient was identified among critical thinking, learning effectiveness, and self-efficacy.

3. The developed simulation program was applicable to a community health nursing practicum.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT Future Planning (No. 2017R1A2B4008496) and by Korea Health Industry Development Institute (grant number: HI18C1317). The funding agencies had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for publication.