Junior and Senior Nursing Students: A Near-Peer Simulation Experience

Junior and Senior Nursing Students: A Near-Peer Simulation Experience

Near-peer teaching is a form of peer-assisted learning with at least 1 year of difference between the groups of students. A near-peer simulation allowed junior nursing students to obtain a focused history and assessment, administer medications, and provide patient education to senior students. Senio...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 54 - 56
Main Authors: George, Tracy P, Gainey, Kellie L, Kershner, Sarah H, Weaver, Dorie L, Hucks, Julia M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Slack, Inc 01-01-2020
SLACK INCORPORATED
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Classes (Groups of Students)
Clinical Experience
Communication
Communication Skills
Community Relations
Community Resources
Educational aspects
Educational Environment
Educational Facilities Improvement
Educational Legislation
Feedback
Feedback (Response)
Health care policy
Individualized Instruction
Laboratories
Learning
Learning Modules
Likert scale
Likert Scales
Mentors
Methods
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Students
Online Surveys
Opportunities
Patient Education
Patients
Peer Teaching
Peer tutoring
Peer-group tutoring of students
Pharmacology
Response rates
Simulated patients
Simulation
Simulation methods
Skills
Student Rights
Students
Study and teaching
Teaching
Teaching Methods
United States
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Summary:Near-peer teaching is a form of peer-assisted learning with at least 1 year of difference between the groups of students. A near-peer simulation allowed junior nursing students to obtain a focused history and assessment, administer medications, and provide patient education to senior students. Senior students provided performance feedback to the junior students. Faculty gave additional feedback and facilitated a group debriefing session. All students were asked to complete an anonymous online postsurvey. One hundred nine junior and senior students completed the immediate postsurvey. The mean score was 2.14, corresponding to the "agree" response. Nearly three quarters (73%) of the students indicated they agree or strongly agree that "the simulation provided a variety of ways to learn." Five themes emerged: Improved Confidence in Assessment Skills, Communication, Connecting Nursing Content, Peer Feedback and Interaction, and Awareness of Community Resources. Near-peer simulation is a beneficial teaching strategy for nursing students. [J Nurs Educ. 2020;59(1):54-56.].
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ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20191223-13