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Impact of Simulation-Based Training on the Safety of Medication Administration

Impact of Simulation-Based Training on the Safety of Medication Administration

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05543655
Acronym
SIM-SAM
Enrollment
25
Registered
2022-09-16
Start date
2022-09-28
Completion date
2023-10-05
Last updated
2025-03-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Nurse Training, Simulation

Brief summary

Task interruption is part of professional life. The healthcare world is not exempt from this phenomenon. Task interruptions lead to errors and increase the risks in managing patients. Medication administration is the critical step, in that it is the final step to stop medication errors produced upstream. It therefore requires the full attention of any healthcare professional. In the field of health, simulation has become an innovative educational tool allowing experiential learning and reflective practice. The general aim of this study is to objectivize the value of simulation-based training as regards medication administration when task interruptions occur.

Interventions

Each half-day training session will begin with a reminder of the context and general objectives of the training. Nurses will complete the self-assessment and knowledge tests. The nurses, each in turn, will start the scenario and will immediately assess the workload felt, by the Nasa-TLX grid. During these high-fidelity simulation sessions, an error cart workshop will allow all the other nurses to summon up their knowledge on safety tools upstream of the administration procedure. The session begins with a briefing and ends with a debriefing.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Angers
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

10 training courses including 4 nurses each are scheduled, i.e. 40 inclusions. The nurses will benefit from two half-days of simulation training three-months apart, dealing with the safety of medication administration. The training will include a high-fidelity scenario whose events will be adapted to medication administration in conventional care services.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Nurses from conventional medical and surgical departments participating in the training * people agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Person refusing the processing of their data

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The effectiveness of simulation-based training on safe drug administration for nurses in conventional services in terms of the number of good steps achieved among the 10 proposed by the HASthree monthDifference between the two assessments of the number of good steps performed during the process

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026