This is an instrument to measure situation awareness in nurses participating in a patient deterioration simulation scenario. It measures nurses’ perception of quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., vital signs, level of consciousness) and less quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., breath sounds, agitation, new pain). It also measures nurses’ comprehension of the meaning of these signs and their projection of their status in the near future. The instrument has been used to operationalize the concept of clinical judgment in a RCT (publication under review).

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Simulation Modality:

Manikin-based, Role-playing, Standardized/simulated patients or real patients

Competencies:

Situation awareness as described by Endsley (2000): perception, comprehension, and projection of signs of deterioration.

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Lavoie P, Cossette S, Pepin J. Situation awareness assessment in patient deterioration simulations. Simulation resource published by Simulation Canada; 2016. Available from https://simulationcanada.ca/scenario/situation-awareness-assessment-in-patient-deterioration-simulations/.

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