Impact of Simulation-Based Training on the Safety of Medication Administration

Task interruption is part of professional life. The healthcare world is not exempt from this phenomenon. Task interruptions lead to errors and increase the risks in managing patients.

Medication administration is the critical step, in that it is the final step to stop medication errors produced upstream. It therefore requires the full attention of any healthcare professional.

In the field of health, simulation has become an innovative educational tool allowing experiential learning and reflective practice.

The general aim of this study is to objectivize the value of simulation-based training as regards medication administration when task interruptions occur.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior Nurse Training Simulation

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Simulation center All'Sims; University Hospital of Angers

Angers, 49000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Nurses from conventional medical and surgical departments participating in the training
people agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Person refusing the processing of their data

Treatment and study plan

high fidelity simulation

Other

Each half-day training session will begin with a reminder of the context and general objectives of the training. Nurses will complete the self-assessment and knowledge tests.

The nurses, each in turn, will start the scenario and will immediately assess the workload felt, by the Nasa-TLX grid. During these high-fidelity simulation sessions, an "error cart" workshop will allow all the other nurses to summon up their knowledge on safety tools upstream of the administration procedure.

The session begins with a briefing and ends with a debriefing.

Primary outcomes

The effectiveness of simulation-based training on safe drug administration for nurses in conventional services in terms of the number of good steps achieved among the 10 proposed by the HAS

Time frame: three month

Difference between the two assessments of the number of good steps performed during the process

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Angers

Other Gov

Registry information

Acronym: SIM-SAM

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Sep 16, 2022
Registry last updated: Mar 17, 2025

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