Researchers’ Work from University of Newcastle Focuses on Clinical Nursing (Design and evaluation of an assertiveness communication training programme for nursing students)

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2019 MAR 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- New research on Nursing - Clinical Nursing is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Callaghan, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The aims of this paper are to (a) outline the design and implementation of an evidence-based assertiveness communication workshop for Japanese nursing students; and (b) report on the evaluation of nursing students’ satisfaction with the workshop using the Satisfaction with Assertiveness Communication Training Program Survey. A body of research attests to the relationship between assertive communication and patient safety.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Newcastle, “This paper reports the design and evaluation of an assertiveness communication training programme designed to enhance students’ ability to communicate safety in clinical practice. A culturally appropriate and evidence-based assertiveness communication workshop, informed by Gagne’s instructional design principles, was implemented for third-year nursing students in two Japanese higher educational institutions in December 2017. A descriptive study design was used to evaluate the workshop. Students’ perceptions of the workshop were evaluated using the Satisfaction with Assertiveness Communication Training Program Survey, which includes ten items that are rated using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree [1] to strongly agree [5]. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The Revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) guidelines were used in the reporting of this study. A total of 111 students from a population of 150 participated in the study giving a response rate of 74%. The overall mean satisfaction score was 4.12 indicating a high level of agreement with each of the survey items. With the exception of two items, the mean scores were above 4.0. ‘Confidence in using assertiveness communication skills’ and ‘Utilising role-plays to practice learnt skills’ received mean scores of 3.71 and 3.90, respectively. Given the compelling research about the importance of assertive communication in health care, the results from this study support continuing investment in assertiveness communication training programmes for nursing students. Assertive communication is an essential communication skill for safe nursing practice.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Culturally appropriate assertiveness communication training programmes are of particular relevance in hierarchical healthcare contexts.”

For more information on this research see: Design and evaluation of an assertiveness communication training programme for nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2019;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Clinical Nursing - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2702)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Omura, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. Additional authors for this research include T. Levett-Jones and T.E Stone.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14813. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.