euro-nursing-2016_scientifictracks-abstracts

5 / 90

Volume 5, Issue 8(Suppl) J Nurs Care 2016
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal
Page 31
Notes:
Euro Nursing 2016
October 17-19, 2016
conferenceseries.com
15th Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit
October 17-19, 2016 Rome, Italy
Accuracy of interpreting vital signs in simulation: An empirical study of conformity between
medical and nursing students
Alyshah Kaba
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The hierarchical relationship between nursing and medicine has long been known; yet, its direct influence on procedural
tasks has yet to be considered. Drawing on the theory of conformity from social psychology, we suggest that nursing
students are likely to report incorrect information in response to subtle social pressures imposed by medical students. Second
year medical and 3rd year nursing students took vital signs readings from a patient simulator. In a simulation exercise, three
actors, posing as medical students, and one nursing student participant all took a total of three rounds of vital signs on a high
fidelity patient simulator. In the first two rounds the three actors individually stated the same correct vital signs values, and
on the third round the three actors individually stated the same incorrect vital sign values. This same procedure was repeated
with actors posing as nursing students, and one medical student. A two-way analysis of variance revealed that nursing student
participants (M = 2.84; SD = 1.24) reported a higher number of incorrect vital signs than did medical student participants (M
= 2.13; SD = 1.07), F(1,100) = 5.51, p = 0.021 (Cohen’s d = 0.61). The study indicated that social pressure may prevent nursing
students from questioning incorrect information within interprofessional environments, potentially affecting quality of care.
Biography
Dr. Kaba, completed her PhD in Medical Education at the University of Calgary, Alberta where she worked with the Health Human Factors Team at the W21C
Innovation and Research Centre on her doctoral study examing conformity amongst interprofessional teams. She received national recognition for her dissertation
work and was awarded the prestigious CIHR Vanier Canadian Scholarship. Most recently, Alyshah was awarded the 2015 Emerging Young Investigators Award in
Simulation Research from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Currently she is Lead Research Scientist for eSIM Provincial Simulation Program
and Quality and Patient Safety Education within Alberta Health Services.
Alyshah Kaba, J Nurs Care 2016, 5:8(Suppl)