TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The influence of teaching method on performance of suicide assessment in baccalaureate nursing students
JO  - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
A1  - Luebbert, Rebecca
A1  - Popkess, Ann
SP  - 126
EP  - 133
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-3903
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390315580096
ID  - ref1
ER  -