Document Type

Dissertation

Title

Teaching Strategies to Prepare Prelicensure Nursing Students to Teach-back

Authors

Mariann Kerr, Nova Southeastern University

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing Education

Copyright Statement

All rights reserved. This publication is intended for use solely by faculty, students, and staff of Nova Southeastern University. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, now known or later developed, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author or the publisher.

Department

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

First Advisor

Julia Aucoin

Date of original Performance / Presentation

2016

Publication Date / Copyright Date

2016

Publisher

Nova Southeastern University

NSUWorks Citation

Mariann Kerr. 2016. Teaching Strategies to Prepare Prelicensure Nursing Students to Teach-back. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. (28)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_con_stuetd/28.

Abstract

Background: Prelicensure nursing programs prepare generalists with essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes to practice in complex health care environments. Nurse educators determine which teaching strategies will best prepare the nurse generalist. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a teaching plan that combined the strategies of pretest/posttest, classroom activities, and a problem-based learning activity: a clinical immersion experience. The skill of "teach-back" was taught and evaluated. Theoretical framework: Two theories guided the teaching plan for this research. Adult learning theory (Knowles, 1975, 1980, 2012) addressed how and why adults learn, and social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986) described teaching strategies that assisted the adult learner to gain knowledge. Methods: A non-experimental design divided consenting participants were into intervention (n = 21) and control groups (n = 11). The Health Literacy Knowledge and Experience Survey (Cormier, 2006) was used to pretest/posttest for attainment of knowledge related to teach-back. The Communication Assessment Tool (Makoul, Krupat, & Chang, 2007) was used by standardized patients to evaluate the participants' ability to perform a teach-back. Results: The results of this study provided evidence that posttest scores improved for both intervention and control groups (n = 32). Twenty-seven participants performed a teach-back with evaluation. The results did not indicate a significant difference between groups in performing the skill of teach-back. Conclusion: There was little difference in posttest scores for groups and participants' ability to perform a teach-back, indicating that both groups gained knowledge and skill from the teaching strategies.

Disciplines

Nursing

Keywords

Health and environmental sciences, Education, Health literacy, Nursing education, Problem-based learning, Standardized patient, Teaching strategies

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