Learning activities in bachelor nursing education to learn pre- and postoperative nursing care—A scoping review

Abstract

The aim of this scoping review was to systematically map and summarise the existing literature on learning activities in pre- and postoperative nursing care for undergraduate nursing students. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses–Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and the Johanna Briggs Institute guidelines were applied. Eleven articles were included in the scoping review. The learning activities involved simulation-based learning (including human patient simulation and virtual simulation), web-based learning and case studies. A range of pre- and postoperative content was applied in the learning activities. Students’ knowledge, skills, clinical decision making, clinical reasoning, experiences and stress and anxiety were measured. The review highlights findings for nursing educators planning teaching methods for pre- and postoperative nursing care.