The Implementation of High-Fidelity Simulation and Influence of Audio-Visual Technology in Learning: Physical Assessment With Associate Degree Nursing Students’ Satisfaction and Self-Confidence

Abstract

The purpose of this pilot project is to ascertain if audiovisual technology and self-directed reflection as compared to traditional clinical skills instruction will influence student satisfaction and self-confidence with a simulation learning experience. The research question for the project was: Will associate degree nursing students’ use of audiovisual technology and self-reflection as compared to traditional instructional teaching methods for physical assessment influence the satisfaction and self-confidence in learning within a high-fidelity simulation experience? The data analysis used in the study consisted of descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The data collected occurred over a timeframe of five months and involved two cohorts (control and intervention groups) of first-semester, associate degree nursing students in the fall of 2017 and the spring of 2. The results revealed that within the groups student satisfaction and self-confidence were significant specific to the use of simulation. The results revealed no significance between the groups with the use of the intervention in the learning of physical assessment. Significance was established at the alpha equal to .05. Implications that resulted in the project included the role adjunct faculty have in influencing student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning essential nursing skills and the development of the meta-cognitive skill of reflection with beginning nursing students. Future research is recommended because of limitations that included the sample of convenience, inclusion of only one nursing program, and use of adjunct faculty.

Keywords: Associate Degree Nursing Students, Audiovisual Technology, Simulation, Psychomotor Skills