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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to quantify nursing students’ satisfaction in learning when high fidelity clinical simulation is used as a teaching strategy.
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to quantify nursing students’ self-confidence in learning when high fidelity clinical simulation is used as a teaching strategy.
Methods: A questionnaire was administered to nursing students after completion of medical-surgical clinical simulation sessions which measured satisfaction and self-confidence in learning. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Pearson r to determine the students’ degree of satisfaction and self-confidence while learning.
Results: The findings of the study showed nursing students were satisfied and self-confident with the learning they received during high fidelity clinical simulation sessions. The findings also showed a positive correlation (Pearson r) between satisfaction and self-confidence. The mean was 4.24 (SD = 0.45) and 4.10 (SD = 0.35). The median (4.0) was the same for both subset scales. The Pearson r correlation was 0.85 (95% CI 0.64 to 0.94, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: High fidelity clinical simulation is an effective teaching strategy to prepare nursing students for the clinical practice setting. Students are generally satisfied and self-confident with their learning after completing clinical simulation sessions. However, further research is needed with quantitative and qualitative longitudinal studies with different student populations to determine if students’ perceptions of satisfaction and self-confidence with learning change over time and after practicing in the real clinical setting.