Highlights
- •Self-efficacy has been shown to positively influence the delivery of quality nursing care.
- •Intraprofessional (IP) peer learning activities enhance student self-efficacy.
- •Leadership and communication skills are improved by IP peer learning activities.
- •IP simulation enhances nursing students' understanding of advanced practice roles.
Abstract
Background
Benefits of peer learning activities among students have been well documented. According
to Bandura's social cognitive theory, self-efficacy positively influences the delivery
of quality nursing care. A pediatric simulation with peer learning and advanced practice
nursing (APN) students was conducted to foster self-efficacy in baccalaureate in nursing
(BSN) students.
Method
A pre–post quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the simulations' effect
on student self-efficacy in a convenience sample of BSN students at a Midwest Jesuit
university.
Results
More than 90% of BSN students agreed that they benefited from the simulation in the
areas of leadership, skill development, communication, and collaboration. In addition,
a statistically significant increase (p < .0001) in BSN students' reported understanding of the roles and relationships between
a physician, APN-, and a BSN-prepared nurse was revealed.
Conclusions
Intraprofessional nursing peer learning activities can enhance students' self-efficacy.
Future studies should include objective measurements of student clinical performance
and intraprofessional collaboration with correlational analysis of both BSN and APN
student self-efficacy.
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Publication history
Published online: December 12, 2017
Footnotes
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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© 2017 International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
