Effects of a simulation-based education program for nursing students responding to mass casualty incidents: A pre-post intervention study
- Authors
- Kim J.; Lee O.
- Issue Date
- Feb-2020
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Keywords
- Mass casualty incidents; Nurses' roles; Nursing education; Simulation training; Triage
- Citation
- Nurse Education Today, v.85
- Journal Title
- Nurse Education Today
- Volume
- 85
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/38534
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104297
- ISSN
- 0260-6917
1532-2793
- Abstract
- Background: The necessity of disaster preparedness among nursing students has been continuously emphasized. Objectives: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a simulation-based education program for nursing students responding to mass casualty incidents (MCI) from the perspectives of triage accuracy, response attitude, teamwork, and program satisfaction. Design: This study employed a pre-post intervention design. Settings: Disaster Simulation Lab and a debriefing room in the University Nursing Simulation Center in South Korea. Participants: The participants were 34 graduating nursing students attending a university in Seoul. Methods: The program consisted of lectures on disaster nursing, group discussions, practice, debriefings, and a pre- and post-test, conducted over 180 min. Simulation-based training was conducted using the Emergo Train System®. The simulation environment comprised pre-hospital and hospital sections, with videos displayed on a large screen and sound effects played on loudspeakers. Results: Participants were likely to undertriage. There was a significant increase in positive attitudes after the intervention (p < .001). Self-reported teamwork was high, and among its subfactors, “leadership and team coordination” scored the highest. Participants' satisfaction with the program was high (4.5/5.0). Conclusions: The simulation-based MCI program was effective in boosting positive attitudes among nursing students. In future, comparative studies including control groups and different instructional methods should be conducted. A patient bank should also be developed considering participants' knowledge levels and the circumstances of each country. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
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