Impact of Simulation-Based Training on the Safety of Medication Administration

NCT05543655 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 49RC22_0241
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Task interruption is part of professional life. The healthcare world is not exempt from this phenomenon. Task interruptions lead to errors and increase the risks in managing patients. Medication administration is the critical step, in that it is the final step to stop medication errors produced upstream. It therefore requires the full attention of any healthcare professional. In the field of health, simulation has become an innovative educational tool allowing experiential learning and reflective practice. The general aim of this study is to objectivize the value of simulation-based training as regards medication administration when task interruptions occur.

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Nurse Training; Simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The effectiveness of simulation-based training on safe drug administration for nurses in conventional services in terms of the number of good steps achieved among the 10 proposed by the HAS

  Difference between the two assessments of the number of good steps performed during the process

  three month

Study Arms (1)

simulated

EXPERIMENTAL

The 'Simulation training', using high fidelity simulation with a simulated patient, is composed of 2 training sessions of 3 hours each. The training will include a high-fidelity scenario whose events will be adapted to medication administration in conventional care services. This scenario is developed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, experts in simulation and risk management

Other: high fidelity simulation

Interventions

high fidelity simulation OTHER

Each half-day training session will begin with a reminder of the context and general objectives of the training. Nurses will complete the self-assessment and knowledge tests. The nurses, each in turn, will start the scenario and will immediately assess the workload felt, by the Nasa-TLX grid. During these high-fidelity simulation sessions, an "error cart" workshop will allow all the other nurses to summon up their knowledge on safety tools upstream of the administration procedure. The session begins with a briefing and ends with a debriefing.

simulated

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Nurses from conventional medical and surgical departments participating in the training
• people agreeing to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Person refusing the processing of their data

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Angers: lead

Study Sites (1)

Simulation center All'Sims; University Hospital of Angers

Angers, 49000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: 10 training courses including 4 nurses each are scheduled, i.e. 40 inclusions. The nurses will benefit from two half-days of simulation training three-months apart, dealing with the safety of medication administration. The training will include a high-fidelity scenario whose events will be adapted to medication administration in conventional care services.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 5, 2022
• First Posted: September 16, 2022
• Study Start: September 28, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 3, 2023
• Study Completion: October 5, 2023
• Last Updated: March 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)