[Development and Effectiveness of Progressive Simulation Education Program on Medication Safety for Nursing Students].

PURPOSE

This study aimed to develop and verify a progressive simulation education program aimed at enhancing nursing students' medication safety competency.

METHODS

A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was adopted. The participants were 40 third-year nursing students with no prior simulation education experience, comprising 20 each in the experimental and control groups. The experimental treatment utilized a hybrid simulation approach incorporating both full-body mannequins and standardized patients and was, conducted over three sessions with durations of 65, 80, and 95 minutes for the first, second, and third sessions, respectively, for a total of 240 minutes. The program was constructed based on Jeffries' simulation model.

RESULTS

The levels of medication safety competencies, communication self-efficacy, learning self-efficacy, and problem-solving abilities of the experimental group were significantly higher than that of the control group.

CONCLUSION

Our results confirm that the program effectively improves nursing students' medication safety competence, communication self-efficacy, learning self-efficacy, and problem-solving ability. Therefore, this program can serve as a basis for developing educational strategies related to medication safety for nursing education institutions. Furthermore, the program is anticipated to have a positive impact on novice nurses' education and practice in clinical settings.