Advancing Patient-Centered Communication Content for Prelicensure Nursing Students Using StudentSPEACS: A Mixed-Methods Study. Issue 4 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tate, Judith Ann; Newtz, Christa; Ali, Awais; Happ, Mary Beth
• Is Part Of: Nurse educator. Volume 45:Issue 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: communication -- communication disorders -- nursing students -- nurse-patient communication -- teaching strategies; Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000785
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-3624

Abstract

Abstract : Background: Many patients live with communication disorders that present significant challenges during interactions with health care providers across settings. Yet, nurses receive little to no training in how to communicate with communication impaired patients. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of delivering the Study of Patient-Nurse Effectiveness With Assistive Communication Strategies (StudentSPEACS) program to prelicensure nursing students and to describe student clinical applications of this content in the year following the communication training. Methods: We used mixed methods to describe student perceptions of StudentSPEACS content and application of content in clinical encounters. Results: Junior nursing students (n = 86, 53.75%) responded to the survey. Students rated content as very valuable and rated their overall ability to communicate with patients after the training program as average. Students provided 48 clinical case application exemplars. Conclusions: The StudentSPEACS program can help prelicensure nursing students acquire and practice communication skills with patients who have communication impairments. Abstract : Supplemental digital content is available in the text.