A Pilot Test of Delegation and Prioritization Skills in New Graduate Nurses Using a Multiple Patient Simulation

This pilot study examined the use of a multiple patient simulation to determine if delegation and prioritization skills change in new graduate nurses who receive simulation as an intervention. This is a quasi-experimental pre-post test study consisting of a comparison group and a treatment group. The pre-post test was developed from two case studies. The case studies, as well as the pre-post tests were evaluated by two expert reviewers from education and one expert from practice. These experts reviewed questions for the pre-post test to provide accuracy. The Simulation Learning Transfer Tool was used for participants to evaluate the simulation exercise. The Mann-Whitney U Test was utilized to determine if there was a change between the comparison group and the treatment group. The results of the data were not statistically significant (p value-0.155). While the results did not show any significant improvement in delegation and prioritization skills in using multiple-patient simulation, more research is suggested