Improving collaboration skills among nursing students through disaster preparedness simulation

Abstract

Objective

This study aims to analyze the improvement of collaboration skills among nursing students through disaster preparedness simulations.

Methods

The study used a quasi-experimental pre-post-test with a control group design. The intervention was conducted for three months, and it had ten sessions with a sample of 69 respondents in each group. The instrument in the research used The Interprofessional Collaborator Assessment Rubric (ICAR). Statistical tests applied paired t-test and pooled t-test.

Results

The results of the study obtain a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05, which means that there is a significant effect of disaster preparedness simulations on collaboration skills among nursing students.

Conclusion

Collaboration skills among nursing students improved after being given a disaster preparedness simulation. As a recommendation, nurses can develop competencies related to disaster care and the role of health workers in the stages of a disaster, which includes pre-disaster, during the disaster, and post-disaster.