@article{ref1,
title="The influence of teaching method on performance of suicide assessment in baccalaureate nursing students",
journal="Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association",
year="2015",
author="Luebbert, Rebecca and Popkess, Ann",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="126-133",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Student nurses identify many barriers to assessing patients' risk for suicide. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This pilot study developed and tested an innovative active learning strategy using simulated standardized patients to determine its effectiveness in teaching suicide assessment skills to a sample of 34 junior and senior baccalaureate nursing students. <br><br>DESIGN: This study employed an experimental, two-group posttest design and three National League for Nursing/Laerdal Simulation Evaluation instruments. After reading about suicide assessment, the experimental group was exposed to a simulated standardized patient portraying a suicidal patient. The control group received a recorded lecture on suicide assessment. <br><br>RESULTS: The experimental group demonstrated a significant difference in student scores of self-confidence, satisfaction, and student perceptions of the educational practices (active learning, collaboration, and appeal to diverse learning styles) when compared to the lecture format. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Suicide assessment is a critical assessment skill set that can be effectively taught to nursing students using standardized patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-3903",
doi="10.1177/1078390315580096",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390315580096"
}