Publication Date
Spring 2022
Degree Type
Doctoral Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Arlene Spilker
Keywords
workplace violence, readiness for practice, clinical simulation, Mitigation via Simulation
Abstract
Workplace Violence (WPV), a significant problem in health care in the United States and worldwide, causes emotional and physical harm to nurses, negatively affects quality care delivery, and contributes to burn out, job dissatisfaction, and attrition. Clinical simulation was used to educate registered nursing students about WPV and train them in mitigation techniques in an effort to improve their awareness and readiness for professional nursing practice. Data from 37 students in their final semester of nursing school were collected anonymously prior to and after reviewing online materials about WPV and attending a 3-hour simulation experience in which two scenarios were presented. Measures of student learners’ perceptions of knowledge, skills, ability, confidence, and preparedness to manage aggressive or violent patient behaviors pre- and post-simulation showed statistically significant improvement in all five categories.
Recommended Citation
Weingartner, Paul J., "Improving Readiness for Nursing Practice via
Simulation in Workplace Violence Mitigation" (2022). Doctoral Projects. 149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.58jd-7h39
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_doctoral/149
