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Different Methods in Therapeutic Communication Training for Student Nurses in the Perinatal Loss: High-Fidelity Simulation and Paper - Pencil Simulation
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating High-Fidelity Simulation-Based Therapeutic Communication Training and Paper-Pencil Simulation-Based Therapeutic Communication Training for Simulation-based Learning and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 70 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study aims to evaluate the effect of simulation-based education on nursing students' therapeutic communication skills in managing perinatal loss. Perinatal loss, defined as early fetal loss before 20 weeks of gestation and late fetal loss at or after 20 weeks, is a traumatic experience that significantly impacts parents, especially mothers, on biological, psychological, social, and spiritual levels. Prolonged grief reactions can lead to complicated grief, anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and relationship disturbances. Nursing students are trained to adopt a biopsychosocial approach in patient care and are expected to support grieving individuals by normalizing emotions, identifying coping strategies, and facilitating healthy grief processing. Simulation is recognized as an effective teaching method in developing communication and therapeutic skills among nursing students. This research investigates how simulation-based training can enhance students' therapeutic communication competencies when supporting individuals experiencing perinatal loss.
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Interventions
This intervention involves a structured, high-fidelity simulation scenario in a clinical skills lab setting using mannequins and standardized patients. The scenario focuses on communication with a patient experiencing perinatal loss. The session includes pre-briefing, simulation, and debriefing components.
This intervention utilizes a written clinical case scenario related to perinatal loss. Students read the scenario and write appropriate therapeutic communication responses, followed by group discussion and instructor feedback. The focus is on reflection and theoretical integration.