Abstract (300 words maximum)
Background: Dementia has emerged as an increasing public health concern with over 6 million Americans living with the disorder. As a result, it is essential for pre-licensure nursing programs to equip future registered nurses with the necessary knowledge to provide quality nursing care for individuals living with dementia and care partners. In light of the limitations of traditional face-to-face clinical experiential learning, virtual simulation techniques have emerged as an innovative and novel alternative or supplementary approach for clinical skills learning.
Purpose: To assess the impact of the Virtual Dementia Tour experience on the comprehension of dementia care among pre-licensure student nurses.
Design: Quantitative Research
Methods: Our study is part of a large-scale multisite mixed-methods research project that investigates the effect of combining an e-learning module with a Virtual Dementia Tour on pre-licensure nursing students' knowledge and attitude with regards to person-centered dementia care. The quantitative phase uses an anonymous Qualtrics survey, including the dementia knowledge scale (DKAS) , to collect data from recruited participants aged 18 years and older. We will retrieve the data associated with the DKAS from the larger dataset in April 2023. The retrieved data will be analyzed using paired t-test to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-scores. Our goal is to publish our findings in a peer-reviewed student journal by August 2023 and present them at the KSU Symposiums in fall 2023.
Conclusion: Our study's results could provide data on the effectiveness of the dementia tour in enhancing pre-licensure nursing students' comprehension of dementia care. Furthermore, this data could contribute to expanding our understanding of how virtual pedagogical methods can be utilized to improve dementia care knowledge among pre-licensure nursing students.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
WCHHS - Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Modupe Adewuyi
Enhancing Prelicensure Nursing Students' Knowledge of Dementia Care through the Virtual Dementia Tour: A Quantitative Study Protocol
Background: Dementia has emerged as an increasing public health concern with over 6 million Americans living with the disorder. As a result, it is essential for pre-licensure nursing programs to equip future registered nurses with the necessary knowledge to provide quality nursing care for individuals living with dementia and care partners. In light of the limitations of traditional face-to-face clinical experiential learning, virtual simulation techniques have emerged as an innovative and novel alternative or supplementary approach for clinical skills learning.
Purpose: To assess the impact of the Virtual Dementia Tour experience on the comprehension of dementia care among pre-licensure student nurses.
Design: Quantitative Research
Methods: Our study is part of a large-scale multisite mixed-methods research project that investigates the effect of combining an e-learning module with a Virtual Dementia Tour on pre-licensure nursing students' knowledge and attitude with regards to person-centered dementia care. The quantitative phase uses an anonymous Qualtrics survey, including the dementia knowledge scale (DKAS) , to collect data from recruited participants aged 18 years and older. We will retrieve the data associated with the DKAS from the larger dataset in April 2023. The retrieved data will be analyzed using paired t-test to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-scores. Our goal is to publish our findings in a peer-reviewed student journal by August 2023 and present them at the KSU Symposiums in fall 2023.
Conclusion: Our study's results could provide data on the effectiveness of the dementia tour in enhancing pre-licensure nursing students' comprehension of dementia care. Furthermore, this data could contribute to expanding our understanding of how virtual pedagogical methods can be utilized to improve dementia care knowledge among pre-licensure nursing students.