Patient Deterioration Simulation Education and New Graduate Nurses' Self-Confidence and Competence: A Pilot Study.

A rural community hospital provided a pilot patient deterioration simulation education for new graduate nurses in an attempt to advance the utilization of an existing rapid response team. Pre- and post-intervention self-confidence scores demonstrated a large effect size and a clinically significant eta squared value (.48). The participants successfully completed most of the simulation competencies. This pilot project supports further studies exploring new graduate nurses' self-confidence levels and competency performance with patient deterioration simulation education.