Interprofessional Education: Insights From a Cohort of Nursing Students

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2018

Publication Title

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

Abstract

The central research questions of this study sought to understand the experiences of nursing students participating in an interprofessional simulation experience. This study used a nonrandom, purposive sample of 75 nursing students from one Midwestern university. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data. Five primary themes emerged from the data: (a) benefits of interprofessional collaboration, (b) communication, (c) real-life learning, (d) increased self-confidence, and (e) intraprofessional collaboration. The results of this study reveal the value of participation in interprofessional simulation activities and emphasize the need for continued development and implementation of such activity into nursing education.

Comments

This project was supported by the Health Services and Research Administration of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant (Nurse Education Quality Retention and Practice Grant UD7HP28539).

DOI

10.1097/NND.0000000000000466

Volume

34

Issue

4

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