SCENARIO-BASED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPLICATION: SKILL LEVELS AND VIEWS OF NURSING STUDENTS

Background: Psychomotor skills have an important place in nursing education. Opinions of nursing students about psychomotor skills education were evaluated. Methods: First-year nursing students used a METIMAN© simulator to perform a scenario-based exercise and assessments were made via the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), individual in-depth interviews, Bondy’s skill performance criteria, descriptive statistics, paired sample t-test, inter-observer agreement tests and descriptive analysis.  Results: Student STAI scores did not differ significantly and neither did observer agreement scores. Students reported positive opinions.  Conclusions: The simulator was effective for development for blood pressure measurement skills and simulator use was recommended for learning other skills.