Infant Simulator Training to Measure Pediatric Vital Signs

NCT06780761 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-577
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Providing training to nursing students in the field of pediatric care requires having the competencies to care for the pediatric population. However, as the margin of error in pediatric care is quite narrow, nursing students need to undertake a comprehensive laboratory practice before implementing their care skills unsupervised in the pediatric ward. Nursing students can develop their professional skills by gaining the necessary confidence and skills with simulation methods.

Conditions

Vital Signs; Simulation Training

Keywords

vital sign; pediatric; nursing; simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Vital Signs Scale (V-Scale)

  The scale, originally developed by Mok et al. in 2015, was further adapted to Turkish by Ertuğ (2018). The 5-point Likert-type scale consists of 16 items and 5 factors. The sub-scales are workload, technology, communication, knowledge and key indicators. The total score varies between 16 and 80. A low score indicates that nurses have a low attitude towards vital signs monitoring while a higher score indicates a positive attitude towards vital signs monitoring. T

  It was assessed just before training as baseline. When all training was completed, ıt was assessed after 1 week again.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale

  When simulation based training was completed, ıt was assessed after 1 week.

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Students were trained about taking body temperature, heart rate and its characteristics, respiratory rate and saturation, blood pressure, and pain assessment in line with previously created cases on the NOELLE® Maternal Birthing Simulator with Advanced Resuscitation Neonatal M-W45111.

Other: simulation training

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Students were trained on how to measure the five vital signs, which tools to use and why, and normal and abnormal vital sign values by demonstration and explanation on a pediatric nursing manikin.

Other: Classical training

Interventions

simulation training OTHER

The author further demonstrated taking body temperature, heart rate and its characteristics, respiratory rate and saturation, blood pressure and pain assessment in line with previously created cases on the NOELLE® Maternal Birthing Simulator with Advanced Resuscitation Neonatal M-W45111 to the students deployed in the intervention group. Furthermore the students were allowed to work individually on the infant simulator, their questions were answered and feedback was given to them. Students were also offered free time to work on the infant simulator. One week after the training, before proceeding with the clinical practice, the students were individually assessed on measuring the vital signs by 2 different observers and were administered the post-tests.

intervention

Classical training OTHER

Before proceeding with the clinical practice, the students deployed in the control group were trained on how to measure the five vital signs, which tools to use and why, and normal and abnormal vital sign values by demonstration and explaining on a pediatric nursing manikin. Then, volunteering students were given the opportunity to develop their vital sign measurement skills on a pediatric nursing manikin and feedback was provided to them. One week after the training, all students were individually assessed on measuring the vital signs by 2 different independent observers on the simulator neonatal used in the intervention group and they were administered the post-tests.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Having taken the Pediatric Nursing course
• Voluntarily participating in the study
• Failure to complete the research process
• Filling out the necessary forms incompletely

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Black Sea Zone

Samsun, 55100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Hatice Uzşen, Phd

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants and biostatisticians were blinded.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Model Details: The author further demonstrated taking body temperature, heart rate and its characteristics, respiratory rate and saturation, blood pressure and pain assessment in line with previously created cases on the NOELLE® Maternal Birthing Simulator with Advanced Resuscitation Neonatal M-W45111 to the students deployed in the intervention group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2025
• First Posted: January 17, 2025
• Study Start: March 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: March 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)