title: The effect of simulation on skill performance: a need for change in pediatric nursing education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study sought to determine if student's performance of safety skills improved following a simulated educational experience.
  
  
  METHODS
  Further analysis of data from a quasi-experimental design (n=73) was examined to identify if student's skill performance improved following a simulated educational intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students did show an improvement in skill performance, but even after the intervention over half the students did not assess patient identification, over half did not administer medications safely, and students struggled with communicating nursing recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research needs to focus on skill performance and assessing students' ability to provide safe nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Wright State University-Miami Valley, College of Nursing and Health, Dayton, OH. Electronic address: ann.bowling@wright.edu.
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bowling
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061214:Patient Safety; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D000066908:Simulation Training; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Medication administration; Nursing education; Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE); Patient identification; SBAR (situation background, assessment, recommendation); Safety