Effect of Guided Clinical Observation Assignment on Nursing Students' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Patient Safety
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Background / Objectives: Guided clinical observation assignments are an integral part of the nursing educational experiences for nursing students. A nursing student's assignment is one of the crucial requirements that used to enhance the learning of the nursing students on the various aspects of nursing studies. Assignment tasks are used to help learners in coping up with the stressful life of a nursing practitioner and it requires from the students essential skills to complete. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of clinical assignment teaching strategy on nursing students' knowledge and practice related to patient safety measures. Materials and Method : The study was conducted at Gamal Abd El Nasser Technical Health Institute affiliated to Health Insurance Organization in Alexandria .The subjects of this study consisted of all second year students (N=48 students). They were divided randomly into two equal groups (24 nursing students for each) as follows: Group A (study group) was instructed about patient safety measures in the classroom through lectures then enrolled in clinical training in hospital using Safety Assessment Assignment Tool. Group B (control group) was instructed about patient safety measures in the classroom through lectures then enrolled in a traditional clinical teaching strategy. Three tools were used ;patient safety knowledge test ,safety measures observational checklist and safety assessment assignment tool. Results : Improvement in total knowledge regarding patient safety was noticed in both groups (the study and control group) after intervention without a statistically significant difference between study and control group. It was obviously noted that a statistically significant improvement in nursing students' The study results showed a statistically significant improvement in nursing students' knowledge and practice after implementation of assignment as a teaching method. Conclusion and Recommendations : Using guided observation assignment as a teaching method was statistically significant and effective in improving nursing students' practice more than knowledge. based on the results of this study , it was recommended that guided observation assignment can be used as a clinical teaching strategy to develop nursing students’ skills in another field . A comparative study can be conducted to compare between guided observation assignment and simulation on nursing students’ performance.
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Eman El- Sayed Taha, Eman Nagy Mohamed
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