Hamadan University of Medical Sciences , Mahnaz.khatiban@gmail.com
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Introduction: Student-centered methods can improve nursing clinical education. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of teaching nurse-patient communication through role-play method on nursing students’ caring behaviors.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out in Hamedan University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Four experimental groups (n=32) and four control groups (n=32) were randomly selected from 15 training groups. The experimental group received patient-nurse communication skills by means of role-play method. Demographic information questionnaire, communication skills checklist and Wolf’s caring behaviors questionnaires were completed before and after the training course. Data were analyzed by means of independent t-test, paired t-test and ANCOVA at 95% confidence level.
Results:At the beginning of the study, mean scores of caring behaviors and communication skills were 83.47±23.56 (total=220) and 3.87±1.86 (total=31) respectively in the control group and 77.87±29.34 and 4.78±2.37in the experimental group and were not significantly different (p>0.05). After the intervention, however, the mean scores of caring behaviors (172.28±15.14) and communication skills (26.22±2.86) in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Results indicated that implementation of role-play method improved the communication skills at the beginning of, during and after the communication and the caring behaviors among MSc nursing students.
karbasi F, khatiban M, Soltanian A. The Effect of Teaching Nurse-patient Communication through Role-play Method on Nursing Students’ Caring Behaviors: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Iranian Journal of Medical Education. 2016; 16 :120-130 URL: http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-3977-en.html