Trial reportPloS one2020
A simulation based difficult conversations intervention for neonatal intensive care unit nurse practitioners: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of SBAR-based simulation programs for nursing students: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2023Pooled it
- Therapeutic hypothermia at 35 weeks' gestation: navigating controversy between randomized evidence, real-world practice, and shared decision-making.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Integrating family values into antenatal consultations: An observational study on structured communication training curriculum for neonatal care providers.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Communication training for effective Goals of Patient Care conversations in acute care: An integrative review of the literature.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Review
- Effect of the postoperative pain management model on the psychological status and quality of life of patients in the advanced intensive care unit.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- The Effect of the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes from Nurse Training Using In Situ Simulation in an Intensive Care Unit.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Strategies to improve interpersonal communication along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: A scoping review and narrative synthesis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Discussing brain magnetic resonance imaging results for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy treated with hypothermia: A challenge for clinicians and parents.eNeurologicalSci · 2022Article
- A novel simulation-based approach to training for recruitment of older adults to clinical trials.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Article
- Decision making at extreme prematurity: Innovation in clinician education.Seminars in perinatology · 2022Article
- Implementing Standardized Patient Caregivers to Practice Difficult Conversations in a Pediatric Dentistry Course.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2022Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundNeonatal nurse practitioners are often the front line providers in discussing unexpected news with parents. This study seeks to evaluate whether a simulation based Difficult Conversations Workshop for neonatal nurse practitioners leads to improved skills in conducting difficult conversations.
methodsWe performed a randomized controlled study of a simulation based Difficult Conversations Workshop for neonatal nurse practitioners (n = 13) in a regional level IV neonatal intensive care unit to test the hypothesis that this intervention would improve communication skills. A simulated test conversation was performed after the workshop by the intervention group and before the workshop by the control group. Two independent blinded content experts scored each conversation using a quantitative communication skills performance checklist and by assigning an empathy score. Standard statistical analysis was performed.
resultsRandomization occurred as follows: n = 5 to the intervention group, n = 7 to the control group. All participants were analyzed in each group. Participation in the simulation based Difficult Conversations Workshop increases participants' empathy score (p = 0.015) and the use of communication skills (p = 0.013) in a simulated clinical encounter.
conclusionsOur study demonstrates that a lecture and simulation based Difficult Conversations Workshop for neonatal nurse practitioners improves objective communication skills and empathy in conducting difficult conversations.
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