Abstract
Background Although nursing students enjoy and learn from simulation practice, some experience negative feelings that may hamper their learning outcomes. Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand nursing students' perceptions of psychological safety in simulation practice to provide a foundation for a safe and effective simulation learning environment. Methods A convenient sample of 15 undergraduate nursing students was included in this study. Focus group interviews and inductive content analysis were used for this study. Results Four themes extracted from the study included feeling unready, anxious about having students' mistakes exposed, worry about damaging teamwork, and fear of evaluation. Conclusions Findings indicated that providing prebriefing and considering students' level of simulation experience in sharing their recorded video may help ensure a psychologically safe environment. An instrument measuring psychological safety and evidence-based guidelines to ensure a safe learning environment needs to be developed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | E6-E9 |
| Journal | Nurse Educator |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 1 Mar 2019 |
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Keywords
- nursing education
- nursing students
- psychological safety
- simulation training