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Patient Simulator Sessions and Critical Thinking

Patricia Ravert, PhD, RN

  • Journal of Nursing Education
  • December 2008 - Volume 47 · Issue 12: 557-562
  • DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20081201-06
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Abstract

The project purpose was to determine whether measures of critical thinking show differences between three groups (simulator, non-simulator, control) of baccalaureate nursing students. The second purpose was to determine the moderating effect of students’ preferred learning style. All groups experienced a moderate to large effect size in critical thinking scores. The corrected model for the total scale gain score was statistically significant but not significant for learning style or group.

AUTHORS

Dr. Ravert is Associate Professor, Associate Dean, and Nursing Learning Center and Clinical Simulation Laboratory Coordinator, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Please address correspondence to Patricia Ravert, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Brigham Young University, College of Nursing, 500D SWKT, Provo, UT 84602-5450; e-mail: .patricia_ravert@byu.edu

doi: 10.3928/01484834-20081201-06

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