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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
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With the largest number of responses, category 3 inevitably had the
greatest spread, ranging from 24 to 0 students, with sixteen
responses not being marked by any students, and twenty-seven
responses being only marked by individual students. The majority
(of the highest ranking) category 3 responses were positive, with
only statements ranked 6 and 8 being negative. Surprisingly, for the
category with the largest number of responses (144), the statement
ranked highest (benefit to all branches) was ranked by 24 students,
with 8 ranking it highest in the category. The variety of activities,
and the fact that simulations representing all branches were
incorporated into the project, (ranks 1, 2, 4, 8) featured highly
within this category, although this appeared of little relevance to
twelve students (rank 9), where this was rated most important for
his category.
Rank 4 responses (n = 138)
Rank Statement No of
1 Allowed for opportunities for skills practice that might
not be available whilst on placement 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 2
1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1
2 Takes you away from your placement which means
you would be missing vital patient care with you
patients 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 5 3 4 2 2 4 5
3 Would probably benefit students in first year that
haven’t been on placement / done workbooks 3 1 2 1
1 1 3 3 1 3 3 5 2 4 1 2
4 I think simulation provides a good opportunity to
learn from others
1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1
5 Helped give more confidence when dealing with real
patients and relatives 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 3
6 Could make students feel a little more confident
about different nursing situations 3 1 1 4 3 1 4 5 5 5
1 3 1
7 Real life experiences are more beneficial than role
playing and staged scenarios 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1
1
8 Should have done the simulation before our short
placements we did
5 4 3 4 4 2 3 5 3 4 1 2 2
9 I feel that there is only so much you can practice on a
simulated ward whereas what you could learn on the
ward (as most of us did on these NMC days were
things we did everyday on the ward)
4 4 4 2 2 5 5 3 3 2 3 5
10 It should be done before the rotations 2 3 3 3 1 4 2 2
4 3 1 2
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