Virtual patient simulation to improve nurses' relational skills in a continuing education context: a convergent mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective provider-patient communication is crucial to the delivery of high-quality care. Communication roadblock such as righting reflex is widely observed among providers and can lead to relational disengagement. In previous work, nurses felt ill-equipped to communicate effectively with HIV-positive patients to support medication adherence. Providing nurses with continuing education opportunities to improve their relational skills is a major target for optimizing the quality of care. Virtual patient simulation is one promising strategy that needs to be evaluated among graduate nurses. This study aimed to assess the acceptability of a virtual patient simulation to improve nurses' relational skills in a continuing education context.

Methods

We conducted a converge

SUBMITTER: Rouleau G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature