title: Implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study was designed to implement an interprofessional simulation-based education program for nursing students and evaluate the influence of this program on nursing students' attitudes toward interprofessional education and knowledge about operating room nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nursing students were randomly assigned to either the interprofessional simulation-based education or traditional course group. A before-and-after study of nursing students' attitudes toward the program was conducted using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale. Responses to an open-ended question were categorized using thematic content analysis. Nursing students' knowledge about operating room nursing was measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nursing students from the interprofessional simulation-based education group showed statistically different responses to four of the nineteen questions in the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, reflecting a more positive attitude toward interprofessional learning. This was also supported by thematic content analysis of the open-ended responses. Furthermore, nursing students in the simulation-based education group had a significant improvement in knowledge about operating room nursing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The integrated course with interprofessional education and simulation provided a positive impact on undergraduate nursing students' perceptions toward interprofessional learning and knowledge about operating room nursing. Our study demonstrated that this course may be a valuable elective option for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. snrongmei@tmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Rongmei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. shinianke@126.com.
authors.forename: Nianke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. jinbingmail@163.com.|School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. jinbingmail@163.com.
authors.forename: Jinbing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. zhengyaguang78@tmu.edu.cn.|School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. zhengyaguang78@tmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yaguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. zhaoyue35@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult