BACKGROUND: Interprofessional education (IPE) is becoming increasingly encouraged in healthcare. However, a lack of consensus exists in how IPE should be provided. The research at hand examines changes in self-efficacy and self-esteem in 132 nursing, dietetic, physician assistant, and social work students when participating in a critical care simulation. The simulation focused on a septic patient requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation.METHOD: This quantitative, repeated measures and correlational study utilized the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale to examine a possible relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem. In addition, exploration of changes in self-efficacy and self-esteem after participating in the cardiopulmonary simulation was conducted.RESULTS: There was a statistically significant medium, positive correlational relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem in healthcare students participating in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation (p<0.001). Healthcare students did not experience statistically significant gains in self-efficacy and self-esteem (p>0.05). During debriefing, students expressed experiencing role confusion when working with each other.CONCLUSION: More IPE experiences, including in mock code simulations, is necessary to enhance communication, collaboration, and prevent role confusion.HIGHLIGHTS:More interprofessional education is necessary to prevent role confusionSelf-efficacy and self-esteem have a positive correlation in IPE critical care simulationHealthcare students did not have significant gains in self-efficacy and self-esteem

Background: The literature is deficient in exploring the relationship between undergraduate nursing students' resilience and spirituality. This deficit is particularly evident in simulation research. Researchers examined changes in resilience and spirituality in nursing students participating in a critical care end-of-life care simulation. Method: Participants completed the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI-24) and the Resilience Scale before and after participating in the simulation. Results: There were statistically significant changes in resilience and spirituality growth in the nursing students after participating in the simulation (p<0.05). In addition, a statistically significant (p<0.001) weak (r=0.482) to moderately (r=0.530) positive correlation occurred in resilience and spirituality in the nursing students occurred before and after participating in the simulation respectively. Conclusion: Nursing students experienced greater growth in resilience and spirituality after participating in the simulation. In addition, a correlation between resilience and spirituality levels was evident. Nursing educators should consider providing challenging simulations to nursing students.

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