Enhancing Nurse Practitioners' Emergency Care Competency and Self-Efficacy Through Experiential Learning: A Single-Group Repeated Measures Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Nurse practitioners serve a vital role as first responders in emergencies. This study investigated the effectiveness of experiential learning in enhancing emergency care competency and self-efficacy among nurse practitioners.

Methods

A single-group repeated measures design was implemented from June to August 2023 at a regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan, involving 95 nurse practitioners and NP trainees. Participants completed a baseline (T₀) three-minute emergency simulation test, followed by one-on-one guidance, an immediate post-test (T₁), and a follow-up test one month later (T₂). The "Emergency Care Capability Checklist" (ECCC) was used to assess performance after each test, and the "General Self-Efficacy Sc

SUBMITTER: Yang YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11641381 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature