Use of clinical simulators and learning of urethral catheter management by nursing students

Abstract

Objective. To determine the influence of the use of clinical simulators on learning how to handle the urethral catheter in nursing students from a Public Education Institute of Tingo María; Huánuco, 2016. Methods. It was a prospective, analytical, crosssectional and observational study; with a relational design and a sample population of 39 nursing students, from the 3rd cycle of studies, from the Basic Nursing II course, to whom an observation guide for the management of the urethral catheter and a questionnaire on the use of simulators was applied, prior validity and reliability. Informed consent was taken into consideration. The bivariate analysis was by Spearman's Rho test. Results. The level of learning of urethral catheter management by nursing students was high [76.9% (30)]. 82.1% (32) use the simulator appropriately. When relating the use of simulators and the learning of the management of the urethral catheter by the nursing students under study, in the preliminary phase, the execution phase and the surveillance phase, statistical significance was found (p <0.05), therefore that the null hypotheses were rejected. Conclusion. The use of clinical simulators influences proper learning of urethral catheter management.