Effects of a Situated Simulation Teaching Strategy on Knowledge of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy among Surgical Nurses in Taiwan
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a situated simulation teaching strategy for negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on surgical nurses' knowledge of care for patients who receive NPWT. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study used a one-group pretest/posttest design. Thirty-one female surgical nurses from a central Taiwan district hospital participated. They received situational simulation training and completed self-administered preintervention and postintervention scale assessing their knowledge of NPWT-related care and a demographic questionnaire. RESULTS: Participants' mean score on the knowledge of NPWT-related care scale was 19.90 preintervention and increased to 27.84 postintervention, a significant improvement ( z = -4.45, P < .001). All aspects of NPWT knowledge, including indications and effects ( z = -3.84, P < .001), device operation ( z = -3.71, P < .001), assessment ( z = -3.89, P < .001), and anomaly response ( z = -3.93, P < .001), significantly improved following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: The study indicates that simulation and cues and a debriefing session in situational simulation teaching significantly enhance surgical nurses' knowledge of NPWT-related care and facilitates the acquisition of problem-solving methods, suggesting its potential application in NPWT-related continuing education courses for surgical nurses.
Source: Advances in Skin & Wound Care
Institutions: Tunghai University, Jen-Ai Hospital, Asia University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409155572