Catherine Hamilton
Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care
Hamilton, Catherine; Cargil, Jamie; Kenny, Gerard; Sales, Rachel
Authors
Jamie Cargil
Gerard Kenny
Rachel Tims Rachel2.Sales@uwe.ac.uk
Occasional Associate Lecturer - HAS - NAM
Abstract
© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. Children’s nurse education is experiencing increases in recruitment targets at the same time that clinical placements are decreasing. With regard to end-of-life care, it is has become a challenge to ensure that all students come into contact with a satisfactory range of experience as part of the requirement for competency at the point of registration. The aim of our study was to find out if students at the end of their course were able to use communication skills acquired in their three years of training and adapt and transfer them to a specific palliative care context even if they had never worked in that area of care. Focus groups were conducted after the simulations which explored the students’ experiences of being involved in the scenarios. Four themes emerged that students identified either inhibited or enabled their communication skills, which included anxiety and fear, the need for professional props, the experience of it being real and feeling empowered.
Citation
Hamilton, C., Cargil, J., Kenny, G., & Sales, R. (2014). Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care. Journal of Child Health Care, 20(2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493514555588
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2014 |
Journal | Journal of Child Health Care |
Print ISSN | 1367-4935 |
Electronic ISSN | 1741-2889 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 145-152 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493514555588 |
Keywords | case-based scenarios, children’s nursing, end-of-life care, standardized patients |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/808312 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367493514555588 |
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