Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students

Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students Publisher Pubmed

Shahsavari H¹ ; Ghiyasvandian S¹ ; Houser ML² ; Zakerimoghadam M³ ; Kermanshahi SSN¹ ; Torabi S¹

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1. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2. Department of Communication Studies, Texas State University, United States
3. Department of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Source: Nurse Education in Practice Published:2017

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Although the final year of nursing undergraduate programs that focus on clinical education are planned to prepare nursing students to better transition to the real world of health care service; evidence has shown that this program is not sufficient to reach this end goal. This controlled trial study was to investigate the effectiveness of a basic clinical skills refresher course for nursing students before entering the internship program. The sample consisted of 160 undergraduate nursing students assigned into two groups. The intervention was a three-day refresher course directed by nurse instructors for intervention group focused on 10 basic nursing procedures in the clinical skill lab. The control group did not receive any intervention. The students' anxiety, clinical self- efficacy and clinical skills practice were measured before and after intervention in both groups. The results indicated that the students who took part in the refresher course experienced lower anxiety levels, higher levels of clinical self-efficacy, and have better clinical skills during their internships. The undergraduate nursing curriculum can be strengthened by the basic clinical skills refresher course. This refresher course can bridge the theory - practice gap and provide a better transition from the student to nurse role. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

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MLA	Shahsavari H, et al.. "Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students." Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 27, no. , 2017, pp. 151-156.
APA	Shahsavari H, Ghiyasvandian S, Houser ML, Zakerimoghadam M, Kermanshahi SSN, Torabi S (2017). Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students. Nurse Education in Practice, 27(), 151-156.
Chicago	Shahsavari H, Ghiyasvandian S, Houser ML, Zakerimoghadam M, Kermanshahi SSN, Torabi S. "Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students." Nurse Education in Practice 27, no. (2017): 151-156.
Harvard	Shahsavari H et al. (2017) 'Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students', Nurse Education in Practice, 27(), pp. 151-156.
Vancouver	Shahsavari H, Ghiyasvandian S, Houser ML, Zakerimoghadam M, Kermanshahi SSN, Torabi S. Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students. Nurse Education in Practice. 2017;27():151-156.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Shahsavari H and Ghiyasvandian S and Houser ML and Zakerimoghadam M and Kermanshahi SSN and Torabi S}, title = {Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students}, journal = {Nurse Education in Practice}, volume = {27}, number = {}, pages = {151-156}, year = {2017} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Shahsavari H AU - Ghiyasvandian S AU - Houser ML AU - Zakerimoghadam M AU - Kermanshahi SSN AU - Torabi S TI - Effect of a Clinical Skills Refresher Course on the Clinical Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy of the Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students JO - Nurse Education in Practice VL - 27 IS - SP - 151 EP - 156 PY - 2017 ER -

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