Navigating Success: Enhancing Nursing Skills Through Tailored Support

Abstract : Navigating Success: Enhancing Nursing Skills Through Tailored Support

Our facility offers an open practice lab where students can develop psychomotor skills at their own pace outside of scheduled classes. While students typically utilize this lab often during their early semesters in nursing school, usage tends to decline as they advance through the program.
During their final preceptorship, students engage in a simulation where they independently care for a medical-surgical patient. They are assessed using a checklist that monitors safety and basic skill efficiency, with an individual debriefing following the simulation. If significant deficiencies are identified, students are referred to the open practice lab where they work closely with a graduate teaching assistant on the specific skills needing improvement, using the guiding principles of deliberate practice. They are also required to complete additional modules targeting the areas of weakness. Finally, the student’s clinical instructor evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention midway through the student’s preceptorship semester.
This process specifically targets pre-licensure students in their final preceptorship semester of nursing school. Since its implementation, approximately 105 students have been referred to participate in this method. Initially, students voiced hesitance about being referred for remedial work; however, they often share positive feedback regarding their progress by the end of the semester.
Implementing such a process can benefit students in their final preceptorship. Effectively identifying those who may struggle with certain psychomotor skills and providing targeted remediation may better prepare them as they enter the nursing workforce.

Please include a short summary of your presentation that highlights why an attendee would want to participate in your session.: Faculty created a simulation for pre-licensure senior students to experience independent care for a patient, followed by an opportunity for deliberate practice remediation in a one-on-one setting with faculty.