Date of Award
7-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Kristin Barbato
Abstract
Background: Telehealth accounts for 22.9% of primary care visits, increasing healthcare accessibility and affordability. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have noted technological and patient interaction-based differences between telehealth and in-person patient encounters. Healthcare organizations expect newly graduated NPs to use telehealth upon graduation.
Problem: Integration of formalized, telehealth-focused education in NP programs is lacking, decreasing telehealth preparation and use among new graduate NPs. Methods: A quality improvement project was conducted. Participants were a convenience sample of Doctor of Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner students enrolled in an advanced NP pediatrics course at a private, liberal arts university in central Pennsylvania. The National League for Nursing Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning © (NLN SCLS) instrument was used to collect data.
Intervention: Two telehealth standardized patient (SP) simulations were integrated into the 6th and 12th weeks of a 16-week advanced NP pediatrics course.
Results: Project limitations prevented analysis of statistical and clinical significance. However, findings were consistent with current literature. Participants’ NLN SCLS © instrument scores demonstrated high levels of confidence and satisfaction after each simulation. Following the second simulation, participants reported an increased likelihood to use telehealth after graduation.
Conclusion: The telehealth SP simulations were positive learning experiences for participants. Thus, the project site intends to continue use of the intervention, providing the framework for longitudinal data collection measuring site-specific effects of telehealth SP simulation integration.
Recommended Citation
Shaub, Kristin, "Telehealth Standardized Patient Simulations and Nurse Practitioner Students’ Self-Confidence and Satisfaction Levels" (2023). Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship. 35.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/grnurse_st/35
