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Measuring efficiency in nursing student patient care skills using the Digital Clinical Experiences (DCE)™

7 January 2022

By Francisco A. Jimenez , Cheryl Wilson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE, CHSE, Nicole Potts, MSM, Natalie Wright, PhD

Discover how the Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experiences™ help 82% of learners increase efficiency. Our research-backed program helps improve data collection, therapeutic communication, and care planning. 

White paper highlights 

  • 62% of learners showed a decrease in overall time spent with the virtual patient from the pre-test to the post-test assignment. 

  • When it came to the learners’ ability to recognize and act on patient needs for education and empathy, 67% of learners showed an increase in their therapeutic communication statements per minute from the pre-test to the post-test assignment. 

  • Finally, the quality of the care plans learners created also improved from the pre-test to the post-test assignment, with 68% of learners showing an increase in the number of correct care plan components identified per minute. 

Measuring efficiency in nursing student patient care skills using the Digital Clinical Experiences (DCE)™

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About DEI in Shadow Health

Shadow Health’s patented Conversation Engine guarantees students practice authentic conversations with patients with diverse representation that may not be seen in the clinical setting.

Contributors

FAJ

Francisco A. Jimenez 

PhD

Psychometrician for HESI® at Elsevier

Cheryl Wilson 

CWDAAFCC

Cheryl Wilson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE, CHSE

Nurse Educator

Elsevier

Nicole Potts, Elsevier

NPM

Nicole Potts, MSM

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

Elsevier

NWP

Natalie Wright, PhD

Director of Learning Design

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