Implementation and Evaluation of an End-of-Life Standardized Participant Simulation in an Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program

Authors

• Shannon Daly, About the Authors Shannon Daly, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, is an assistant professor, Department of Nursing, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia. Sterling Roberts, DNP, RN, CHSE, is an assistant professor and director, Center for Simulation and Translational Research, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. Sheryl Winn, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, is DNP coordinator and an associate professor, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. Lawanda Greene, DNP, MPH, APRN, AGACNP-BC, is director of nursing and associate professor, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia. For more information, contact Dr. Daly at Shannon.daly@mga.edu .
• Sterling Roberts
• Sheryl Winn
• Lawanda Greene

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2024

Publication Title

Nursing education perspectives

Abstract

Graduate nursing programs must provide end-of-life (EOL) content to prepare nurse practitioners to manage the holistic needs of patients. This project aimed to measure the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum's impact on student self-confidence and anxiety levels. A pretest/posttest study design was implemented using an EOL simulation and the Nursing Anxiety and Self-Confidence With Clinical Decision-Making Scale (NASC-CDM©) to compare baseline self-confidence and anxiety levels related to clinical decision-making. Results showed that the simulation increased student self-confidence, but anxiety level remained unchanged. Nurse educators should consider incorporating EOL simulation into graduate curricula to improve student confidence with clinical decision-making.

Volume Number

45

Issue Number

3

First Page

172

Last Page

173

DOI

10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001167

Recommended Citation

Daly, Shannon; Roberts, Sterling; Winn, Sheryl; and Greene, Lawanda, "Implementation and Evaluation of an End-of-Life Standardized Participant Simulation in an Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program" (2024). Faculty and Staff Works. 1134.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/fac-staff/1134