Cognitive aids have been shown to enhance clinical performance and improve patient care by increasing the completion of essential tasks and facilitating clinical decision-making. Cognitive aids have also been demonstrated to be effective teaching tools. Simulation is a crucial teaching exercise that allows student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) to practice clinical decision-making without risking patient harm. The anesthesia machine check simulation can be improved by adding cognitive aids. An anesthesia machine check cognitive aid would simplify the learning process and lead to a more productive simulation experience. This project aims to provide SRNAs with anesthesia machine check cognitive aids to assess if this would improve SRNA knowledge, satisfaction, and self-confidence regarding anesthesia machine check simulation exercises. Knowledge was assessed using a five-question test designed to measure anesthesia machine knowledge (Appendix C). SRNA satisfaction and self-confidence were measured using the National League for Nursing’s student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning survey (SSSL) (Appendix D). Participants were divided into control and experimental groups. Pretest and posttest knowledge and SSSL survey results were analyzed, and found no statistical significance among the groups (p < 0.05). Limitations of this study were the small sample size and poor coordination with the simulation faculty. Further research regarding the implications of cognitive aids in simulation is needed to determine their impact on knowledge, satisfaction, and self-confidence.

Creator

• Erazo, Edward

Language

• English

Keyword

• cognitive aids

• simulation

• anesthesia machine check

• knowledge

• satisfaction

• self-confidence

Date created

• 2023

Resource type

• Research Paper

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