Rescuing A Patient In Deteriorating Situations (RAPIDS): An evaluation tool for assessing simulation performance on clinical deterioration

Sok Ying Liaw*, Albert Scherpbier, Piyanee Klainin-Yobas, Jan-Joost Rethans

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Abstract

This article is a report of a study which developed and tested the validity and reliability of the RAPIDS-Tool to measure student nurses' simulation performance in assessing, managing and reporting of clinical deterioration.The importance for nurses to recognize and respond to deteriorating patients has led educators to advocate for increasing use of simulation for developing this competency. However, there is a lack of evaluation tools to objectively evaluate nurses' simulation performance on clinical deterioration.The study was conducted in three phases. Phase 1 began with development of items for the RAPIDS-Tool from the basis of a literature review and a panel of national experts' consensus. Phase 2 established the content validity of the RAPIDS-Tool by a panel of international experts and by undertaking a pilot test. Phase 3 involved testing the psychometric properties of the RAPIDS-Tool, on 30 video-recorded simulation performances, for construct validity, inter-rater reliability, and correlation between two scoring systems.The process of development and validation produced a 42-item RAPIDS-Tool. Significant differences (t=15.48, p
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1434-1439
JournalResuscitation
Volume82
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2011

Keywords

  • Simulation
  • Mnemonics
  • Clinical performance
  • Deterioration
  • Instrument development
  • Psychometric testing
  • Validity
  • Reliability

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