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Table 7 Nursing students’ perceived confidence and mastery of fundamental care in the virtual patient encounters

From: The value of a redesigned clinical course during COVID-19 pandemic: an explorative convergent mixed-methods study

The simulation with virtual patients helped me…

N

Mean (SD)

Range

become more confident in how to systematically map the patient clinical situation

24

4.5 (0.83)

2–5

understand when to use B-PAS in future patient encounters

24

4.6 (0.71)

2–5

become more confident in how to collect subjective data in patient encounters

24

4.1 (1.35)

1–5

become more confident in how to assess subjective data in patient encounters

24

4.3 (0.10)

1–5

become more confident in how to collect objective data in patient encounters

23

4.6 (0.90)

1–5

become more confident in how to assess objective data in patient encounters

24

4.5 (0.59)

3–5

become more confident in how to assess collected data and to reason possible cause(s) for the patient’s clinical situation

23

4.4 (0.94)

1–5

become more confident in clinical decision-making

23

4.2 (1.09)

1–5

experience mastery in the way I verbalize professional knowledge in future patient encounters

24

4.2 (0.93)

2–5

become more confident about my knowledge in anatomy and physiology

24

4.4 (0.71)

3–5

become more confident about my knowledge in pathophysiology and pharmacology

24

4.2 (1.09)

1–5

develop clinical reasoning skills

23

4.5 (0.73)

3–5

develop clinical decision-making skills

24

4.5 (0.78)

2–5