title: The influence of the use of diagnostic resources on nurses' communication with simulated patients during admission interviews.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine how the use of diagnostic resources influences nurses' communication during admission interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized controlled trial was performed. Actors simulated patients based on case studies. We analyzed transcriptions of 60 interviews and video recordings using the Roter Method of Interaction Process Analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses mainly asked closed-ended questions. The use of knowledge sources, such as forms in the PES format or an assessment format, affected communication significantly in several aspects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prestructured forms may promote comprehensive interviews, but nurses need to be aware that using certain kinds of diagnostic resources may hinder them from asking open-ended questions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses need to increase their use of open-ended questions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands.|Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wolter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paans
authors.affiliation: ZHAW University.|Pflege PBS, Bronschofen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller-Staub
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands.|Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roos
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nieweg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009426:Netherlands; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D016544:Patient Simulation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results