Satisfaction of Community Health Nursing Students and their Educators with "Home Care Simulation Teaching Module" at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University

Abstract

Background: Simulation has been developed as one of the creative instructional techniques inhealthcare educational programs. Through simulation students can apply theoretical knowledge tosolve problems in a variety of clinical-like scenarios, learn how to manage rare and high-risk nursingscenarios, and enhances the overall satisfaction of nursing students that help them to attain higherresults. Aim: To assess the satisfaction of community health nursing students and their educators withthe home care simulation teaching module at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University. Settings:The study was conducted at the community health nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, AlexandriaUniversity. Subject: All bachelor students who completed the two-week home care simulation modulein community health nursing course during the academic year 2022–2023 (449 students) and allclinical educators in the community health nursing department at the Faculty of Nursing (25 clinicaleducators). Tools: Three tools were used. Tool (I): Student's Socio-demographic and Academic dataquestionnaire, tool (II): The satisfaction with simulation experience scale (SSES), and tool III:Educator’s satisfaction with simulation experience scale. Results: More than half (59.2%) of studentshad a moderate satisfaction with simulation experiences. A statistically significant association wasnoticed between the students' age and their level of satisfaction with the simulation experience(X 2=13.932, P=0.030). On the other hand, two fifths (40.0%) of the educators were highly satisfiedwith the overall experience of simulation and a minority (4.0%) of them were dissatisfied. Conclusion:The current study revealed that more than half of students had a moderate satisfaction with simulationexperiences. While, the majority of educators had a high satisfaction level with simulation experience.Recommendations: Integration of simulation into all clinical modules and developing comprehensivetraining programs for nursing educators in different specialties to learn effectively how to design,practice, debrief simulation-based experiences for meeting the intended learning outcomes of thenursing syllabus, and fostering a positive relationship between learners and instructors to keepstudents engaged.