Advisor
McNeill, Jeanette
Committee Member
Roehrs, Carol
Committee Member
Dreifuerst, Kristina Thomas
Committee Member
Allen, Michael
Department
School of Nursing Nursing Education
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
4-2018
Extent
206 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Abstract
Debriefing offers an opportunity to ensure that students can master critical components of nursing that they might not otherwise learn and to remove epistemological roadblocks to knowledge acquisition. Within this study, Debriefing for Meaningful Learning (DML), a theoretically-derived, evidence based and structured debriefing method, was used to explore student’s knowledge acquisition, knowledge retention, and application of knowledge from one patient situation to a different, yet parallel, situation. This quasi-experimental pretest, posttest study explored the impact of the type of debriefing method on the development of knowledge, knowledge retention, and knowledge application. Eighty-two prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students, enrolled in an adult health (medical-surgical nursing) theory course, participated in this study testing the use of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning compared with customary debriefing. The outcomes of this study revealed a significant difference in knowledge acquisition, knowledge retention, and knowledge application with DML compared to customary debriefing. These findings are significant for nurse educators using simulation to potentiate clinical learning in prelicensure students and add to the growing evidence regarding the impact of debriefing.
Degree type
PhD
Degree Name
Doctoral
Local Identifiers
Loomis_unco_0161D_10631
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by the author.
