INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF TRAINING WITH THE METHOD OF SIMULATION ON THE KNOWLEDGE ANDPERFORMANCE OF NURSING STUDENTS IN THE PRE HOSPITAL TRIAGE

Background and Aim : Triage is the key for success in management of large numbers of injuredand limited resources, and without preparedness of nurses to would seem an impossible task. Thisstudy has been conducted with the aim of determining the effect of training through the method ofsimulation on the knowledge and performance of nursing students in carrying out the pre-hospitaltriage.Methods : This semi-experimental study was conducted on 70 students of nursing who wereselected based on the study’s inclusion criteria and through the randomized sampling method. Theresearcher tools included triage test having 10 questions of four options each and practical testincluding examining the correct performance of triage based on START criteria by using 10designed simulated mockup models and based on the injury received by the victim and the levelof injury . The validity of the test was verified through the formal and content validity method,and the reliability of the knowledge questionnaire based on the Cronbach-Alpha Coefficient wasobtained to be equal to 0.87. After examining the level of knowledge on triage before training, thetriage training workshop was held in two sessions of two hours each and through the simula t ionmethod, and again the scientific test and practical test were performed. For data analysis, the pairedt-test and independent t-test were used, and the Kolmogorov Smirnov test was used to examinedata normality. Data were analyzed using SPSS software-version 16.Results : The results of statistical analysis showed that the level of students’ knowledgesignificantly increased from 4.6±1.94 before training to 7.40±1.35 after training. Theirperformance significantly increased from 4.90±1.6 to 8.30±1.5. Conclusion : The results of the study showed that training with the simulation method on mockupmodel was effective on the preparedness of nurses for triage when accidents and emergenciesoccur. It was also found that training improves their preparedness in this regard. It is recommendedthat for better preparedness of nurses in triage in case of accidents and medical emergencies, thistraining method should be used.

کلیدواژه ها:

Disaster triage ، Simulated training course ، Nurses