title: Nursing students' clinical judgment regarding rapid response: the influence of a clinical simulation education intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a novel educational intervention on student nurses' clinical judgment regarding the management of patients experiencing rapid clinical deterioration.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized sample of baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in the final semester of their program at a midwestern public university participated. All students (N = 79) were pretested; the control group (n = 39) was posttested after receiving traditional code blue and rapid response education. The intervention group (n = 40) was posttested after receiving a novel education intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An independent t-test revealed that nursing students who received the innovative education intervention had significantly higher posttest scores (M = 90.91, standard deviation [SD] = 8.73) than did the nursing students who had not received the intervention (M = 64.80, SD = 19.69), t(77) = 7.65, p <.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings demonstrate that clinical simulation is effective in improving students' knowledge and clinical judgment, specifically concerning rapid response systems.
authors: School of Nursing, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, USA. plindsey@millikin.edu
authors: Pamela L
authors: PL
authors: Lindsey
authors: Sheryl
authors: S
authors: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000451:nursing*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult