Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice
The objective of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of nursing students after applying advanced life support techniques on a hospitalised patient in cardiac arrest in a simulated setting. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was conducted. Fifty-four nursing studen...
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| author | Gutiérrez-Puertas, Lorena Márquez-Hernández, Verónica V. Gutiérrez-Puertas, Vanesa Rodríguez-García, Mª Carmen García-Viola, Alba Aguilera Manrique, Gabriel |
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| description | The objective of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of nursing students after applying advanced life support techniques on a hospitalised patient in cardiac arrest in a simulated setting. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was conducted. Fifty-four nursing students from the University of Almería (Spain) participated. Three main themes and six subthemes were identified, which illustrate the experiences and perceptions of nursing students about performing advanced life support. The main themes were: (1) Analysing practice as part of the learning process, with the subthemes “working in an unknown environment” and “acquiring knowledge as the key to success”; (2) Facing reality: nursing students’ perceptions of an emergency situation, with the subthemes “facing stressful elements” and “emotional impact in emergency situations”; (3) Experience as a key element to integrating advanced life support into the healthcare setting, with the subthemes “discovering and facing the experience as a team” and “linking and transferring the situation to a real clinical setting”. The nursing students reported that the process of practising for an emergency situation through simulation was a fundamental part of their training, as it allowed them to acquire skills necessary for emergency situations and improve their clinical performance in advanced life support. In addition, they considered the experience a key element in integrating advanced life support into the healthcare setting. The results of this study highlight the need to develop and implement training programs focused on clinical and teamwork skills in nursing programs. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-95172023-10-11T08:45:44Z Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice Gutiérrez-Puertas, Lorena Márquez-Hernández, Verónica V. Gutiérrez-Puertas, Vanesa Rodríguez-García, Mª Carmen García-Viola, Alba Aguilera Manrique, Gabriel advanced life support cardiac arrest hospital nursing students qualitative research The objective of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of nursing students after applying advanced life support techniques on a hospitalised patient in cardiac arrest in a simulated setting. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was conducted. Fifty-four nursing students from the University of Almería (Spain) participated. Three main themes and six subthemes were identified, which illustrate the experiences and perceptions of nursing students about performing advanced life support. The main themes were: (1) Analysing practice as part of the learning process, with the subthemes “working in an unknown environment” and “acquiring knowledge as the key to success”; (2) Facing reality: nursing students’ perceptions of an emergency situation, with the subthemes “facing stressful elements” and “emotional impact in emergency situations”; (3) Experience as a key element to integrating advanced life support into the healthcare setting, with the subthemes “discovering and facing the experience as a team” and “linking and transferring the situation to a real clinical setting”. The nursing students reported that the process of practising for an emergency situation through simulation was a fundamental part of their training, as it allowed them to acquire skills necessary for emergency situations and improve their clinical performance in advanced life support. In addition, they considered the experience a key element in integrating advanced life support into the healthcare setting. The results of this study highlight the need to develop and implement training programs focused on clinical and teamwork skills in nursing programs. 2021-02-01T09:10:49Z 2021-02-01T09:10:49Z 2021-01-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601, http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9517 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/3/1273 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | advanced life support cardiac arrest hospital nursing students qualitative research Gutiérrez-Puertas, Lorena Márquez-Hernández, Verónica V. Gutiérrez-Puertas, Vanesa Rodríguez-García, Mª Carmen García-Viola, Alba Aguilera Manrique, Gabriel Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice |
| title | Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice |
| title_full | Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice |
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| title_short | Are You Prepared to Save a Life? Nursing Students’ Experience in Advanced Life Support Practice |
| title_sort | are you prepared to save a life? nursing students’ experience in advanced life support practice |
| topic | advanced life support cardiac arrest hospital nursing students qualitative research |
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