title: Impact of Simulation and Clinical Experience on Self-efficacy in Nursing Students: Intervention Study.
abstract: This study compared the effect of simulation and clinical experience timing on self-confidence/self-efficacy for the nursing process. Using a randomized, double-crossover design, self-efficacy was measured 3 times. Although self-efficacy was significantly higher at time 1 for students who had clinical experience, there was no difference between the groups at the end of the course (time 2). Thus, simulation increased self-confidence/self-efficacy equivalently if placed either before or after clinical experience.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Instructor (Mss Kimhi and Avraham), Senior Instructor (Mss Hurvitz and Cohen), and Writing Advisor (Dr Reishtein), Department of Nursing, Recanati School of Community Health Professions, and Professor (Dr Friger), Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Einat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimhi
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Reishtein
authors.forename: Miri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friger
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hurvitz
authors.forename: Rinat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Avraham
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult