Nurse-patient communication strategies: A proposal of an educational video for Nursing students.
Jéssica França Pereira, Natália Chantal Magalhães da Silva, Rodrigo Soares Sampaio and 2 others
PMID 37075383WHAT IT FOUND
Nursing students reported high understanding of an educational video on communication strategies, and expert nurses rated its quality as adequate.
The study validates the video's content but does not show that watching it improves patient care or clinical skills.
Key findings
01Expert nurses unanimously rated the video's technical quality, environment, and communication strategy content as present and desirable.
02Nine nursing students reported an understanding level of at least 96% across all topics covered in the video.
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How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The study only measured whether the video was understandable and liked by students, not whether it changed their actual communication skills or patient outcomes. The sample size was very small: only nine students evaluated the final product. The evaluation instruments were created by the authors and had not been validated in other studies.
Declared interests
The authors declare that the activities were conducted voluntarily. The study was part of a larger registered research project approved by an ethics committee.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this video improves clinical communication skills. The study only showed that nursing students understood the content and experts liked the video's quality; it did not measure any change in patient care or professional competence.