Improving Self-Reported Person-centered Care Competency in Nursing Students: A Pilot Study Using Interactive Case Studies

Inga M Zadvinskis; Jacqueline Hoying; Kady Martini; Tracy Taylor; Rebecca Czaja; Ayanna E Terry; Christine A Fortney

doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001627

Improving Self-Reported Person-centered Care Competency in Nursing Students: A Pilot Study Using Interactive Case Studies

Nurse Educ. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001627. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Inga M Zadvinskis¹, Jacqueline Hoying, Kady Martini, Tracy Taylor, Rebecca Czaja, Ayanna E Terry, Christine A Fortney

Affiliation

¹ Author Affiliations: Assistant Director, Community Core (Dr Zadvinskis), Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, MINDSTRONG/MINDBODYSTRONG Program, Director, Community Core (Dr Hoying), Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, College of Nursing; Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice (Dr Martini), Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice, Path2BSN Nurse Educator Liaison (Dr Taylor), Clinical Research Data Manager (Ms Terry), College of Nursing; Instructional Designer (Ms Czaja), Office of Technology and Digital Innovation; Associate Professor (Dr Fortney), Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children, and Youth, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

PMID: 38640455
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001627

Abstract

Background: To prepare nursing students to deliver high-quality care, educators need strategies to foster person-centered care (PCC).

Purpose: This pilot study evaluated an intervention with interactive case studies on undergraduate nursing students' PCC competency.

Methods: We conducted a pilot study with sophomore undergraduate nursing students (n = 39) from a Midwestern US university. We developed a 90-minute class seminar with interactive case studies highlighting how patient preferences, values, and circumstances could influence fall risk. We assessed PCC using the Patient-Centered Care Competency Scale.

Results: Although there was no statistically significant change in overall PCC competency before and after the intervention, we noted a small to medium effect size on PCC competency per Cohen's d standards (d = 0.35). Content analysis of students' open-ended responses reflected PCC and clustered into 5 themes.

Conclusions: Findings suggest that educators may use interactive case studies to foster nursing student PCC competency.