Simulation-based education consistently improved nurses' confidence in delirium recognition and assessment across included studies¶
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q2 i? Confidence in delirium recognition and assessment improved significantly across studies, including confidence in using the CAM-ICU on four of five items in one study and increased observer-rated performance and self-confidence in another. → EL Hussein Mohamed Toufic 2026
Evidence¶
EL Hussein Mohamed Toufic 2026¶
EL Hussein Mohamed Toufic, Sheehan Dawson S., Hirst Sandra. (2026). Simulation‐Based Education to Support Nurses' Critical Thinking in Delirium Recognition: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70640
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This narrative synthesis spans studies including a single-group pretest–post test of 34 critical-care RNs using standardized-patient delirium scenarios with CAM-ICU practice, and a quasi-experimental waitlist-control crossover study of 48 new graduate nurses with SP scenarios. The review reports "significant improvements in four of five confidence domains" and "increased observer-rated performance and self-confidence"; no effect sizes are printed.
"Smith et al. (2017) demonstrated significant improvements in four of five confidence domains while Roh et al. (2024) similarly observed increased observer-rated performance and self-confidence."
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