Date
1-9-2024
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Chair
Rachel Joseph
Keywords
clinical judgment, high-fidelity simulation, associate degree nursing, NCLEX
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Elmore, Hollie Bell, "Experience of Clinical Judgment Among Senior Associate Degree Nursing Students: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5167.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5167
Abstract
This transcendental phenomenological study aimed to understand the experience of clinical judgment for senior associate degree nursing students at a rural community college. The students completed a 60-minute simulation involving the cardiac system and debriefed after the active simulation. The theory that guided this study was David Kolb’s experiential learning theory, which defines the learning process as creating knowledge through transforming experience. Because the experiential learning theory is flexible, it can be readily applied to many disciplines such as nursing. This theory also helped to incorporate Tanner’s Clinical Judgment Model. Data for this transcendental qualitative study were collected using semi-structured interviews and observation during simulation experiences. The sample included senior nursing students in a rural Alabama community college associate degree program. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data were analyzed using the software program MAXDQA as well has by hand. This phenomenological qualitative study helped in understanding the perception of clinical judgment by associate degree senior nursing students during a simulation experience.
