Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses Regarding Heel-Prick Screening Test
November 10, 2024 updated by: Abeer Abd Elwahed Almowafy
Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance Regarding Heel-Prick During Newborn Blood Screening Test
This study aimed to assess the impact of simulation-based training on pediatric nurses' knowledge and performance regarding the heel-prick technique used during newborn blood screening tests in select hospitals in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
This study utilized an experimental pre-test and post-test design.
The G*Power Program® Version 3.1.9.4 was employed to determine the necessary sample size to fulfill the study's objectives.
The sample consisted of 50 nurses recruited from the Maternity & Children Hospital Bisha, Al-Namas General Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Pediatric Assiut University Hospital in Egypt.
The current study's findings indicate that, following simulation-based training, pediatric nurses significantly improved their heel-prick knowledge and performance during the newborn blood screening test.
This study provides strong evidence that the simulation-based training program improved nurses' knowledge and performance, and we advise all pediatric healthcare practitioners, physicians, and nurses employed in hospitals and healthcare facilities to undergo advanced simulation-based training.
Nursing managers can target public hospitals with low scores by putting systematic methods into place to improve nurses' performance and knowledge in simulation-based training.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
One of the best ways to impart important skills to trainees is through simulation-based training which is more reliable than the conventional method of doing clinical examinations.
It is used in pediatric nursing training to allow nurses to practice and improve their clinical and conversational skills during an actual child encounter.
A heel-prick is a complex psychomotor task that requires skill and knowledge on the part of the pediatric nurse who is performing the procedure while applying for the National Newborn Screening Program.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
50
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
-
-
-
Cairo, Egypt
- Abeer
-
-
Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:The study's inclusion criteria encompassed nurses, regardless of their age, gender, education, experience, part-time status, or administrative responsibilities, who gave their consent to participate. Pediatric nurses in experimental and control groups had recently graduated, worked for less than 6 months, and did not have any training program by simulation-based training for using the Newborn Blood Spot Test Simulator regarding heel-pricks during newborn blood screening tests.
-
Exclusion Criteria:The exclusion criteria included nursing experience for more than six months, as well as non-consenting participants.
-
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Screening
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
|---|---|
|
Experimental: Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance
Simulation-Based Training Program
|
Simulation-Based Training Program Effect on Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Performance Regarding Heel-Prick during Newborn Blood Screening Test
|
|
No Intervention: traditional method
traditional method program
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
|
• pediatric nurses' knowledge in newborn blood screening tests compared to traditional training methods
Time Frame: 8 week
|
• Simulation-based training will increase the pediatric nurses' knowledge in newborn blood screening tests compared to traditional training methods.
|
8 week
|
Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Abeer Almowafy, Al-Azhar University
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
June 1, 2023
Primary Completion (Actual)
July 30, 2023
Study Completion (Actual)
August 20, 2023
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 10, 2024
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 10, 2024
First Posted (Estimated)
November 12, 2024
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
November 12, 2024
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 10, 2024
Last Verified
November 1, 2024
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- UB-RELOC H-06-BH-089)/ 1204.24
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.