Abstract
- Medication administration is essential to patient safety, but there is limited evidence to describe the best way to influence clinical practice. A medication administration simulation pilot study evaluated the state anxiety of 44 nursing students pre/postsimulation prior to giving medications in the clinical setting. Two-way ANOVA for Repeated Measures indicated no significant differences between groups trained with high fidelity simulation, low fidelity simulation, or video training. However, simulation training led to decreased anxiety when giving medications in the clinical setting while video training led to increased anxiety. Practicing medication administration in realistic environments influences student anxiety and clinical performance.