The Relationship Between Preceptor Role and Student Knowledge with Triage Skills in Emergency Department

Abstract

The Emergency Department is a place for clinical practice students to acquire triage experience. Triage can be carried out well by students who are supported by the supervisor and their own knowledge. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between the preceptor role and student knowledge with triage skills in emergency department. The research design was cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 43 nursing students who clinical practice in the emergency department. This study used accidental sampling technique. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate with the chi-square test. The results of the univariate analysis showed that 8.1% respondents had a good receptor role, 88.4% respondents had good knowledge and 60.5% nursing students had good of triage skills. The bivariate results showed a relationship between the role of supervisor and student knowledge with triage (p-value 0.006<0.05). Good triage implementation is supported by the supervisor and student knowledge. It is hoped that the hospital can apply the role of the preceptor to the maximum, set the preceptor schedule with the preceptee at the same time and the lecturers of educational institutions carry out simulations or equip students about triage optimal.
 
 Keywords: Preceptor, Knowledge, Triage Skills

The Role of Preceptor and Knowledge of Students on Triage Skills in The Emergency Unit

“…This study's results align with research conducted by Widiawati et al (2021), which showed a relationship between the role of supervisors and the triage skills of nursing students in the ER Jambi Provincial Hospital in 2019.…”

“…Knowledge about triage skills is needed for nurses who experience it. However, this is also experienced by students in the professional nursing program, following the results of research by Widiawati et al (2021), where 39.5% of students have low triage skills. A similar picture can also be seen from the research conducted by Harigustian (2021), which showed that 42.9% of students had terrible skills.…”

“…The instruments in this study used the preceptor role questionnaire (PRQ) (Widiawati et al, 2021), the triage knowledge questionnaire (TKQ) (AlMarzooq, 2020), and the triage skill questionnaire (TSQ) (Widiawati et al, 2021). The supervisor role questionnaire consists of 15 question items using two answer options: yes and no.…”

“…Various roles were identified as the role of natural clinical supervisors to improve the skills of health students. These roles include a socializer, skill developer, role model, and critical thinker in taking action in hospital services (Widiawati et al, 2021). In addition to the factor of the supervisor's role, the knowledge factor also influences students' skills in conducting triage.…”

“…This is consistent with the results of previous research, which showed that the role of clinical supervisors was in the excellent category and student satisfaction in clinical practice was in the suitable category (Damanik et al, 2021) Various roles were identified as the role of natural clinical supervisors to improve students' health skills. These roles include a socializer, skill developer, role model, and critical thinker in taking action in hospital services (Widiawati et al, 2021). In addition to the factor of the supervisor's role, the knowledge factor also influences students' skills in conducting triage.…”