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. 2025 May-Jun;50(3):E152-E157.
doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001769. Epub 2024 Oct 31.

Development of a Virtual Pediatric Holistic Comfort Care Clinic

April A Braswell  1 , Brittany Denning, Coleen E O'Brien, Avianne Harris
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Development of a Virtual Pediatric Holistic Comfort Care Clinic

April A Braswell et al. Nurse Educ. 2025 May-Jun.

Abstract

Background: Guided by the tenets of Kolcaba's holistic comfort theory, we developed, implemented, and evaluated a simulated online pediatric advanced practice health center. The Pediatric Comfy Care Clinic (PCCC) was created to enhance person-centered diagnostic reasoning and holistic advanced management skills for family nurse practitioner students.

Methods: Our interprofessional team used a standardized approach to online design and development while integrating essential holistic comfort theory concepts for student engagement and assessment of learning. We explored outcomes of pre- and postclinic quizzes and student reflection data using mixed methods.

Results: Significant differences ( P < .001) were noted in all postpractice quizzes in each affiliated PCCC module with variable student outcomes on graded clinic encounters. Important student perspectives on teaching and learning in the virtual clinic were noted.

Conclusion: A comfort theory-driven, simulated, and digitally enhanced virtual clinic is feasible and valuable with important implications for holistic advanced practice.

Keywords: distance education; instructional film and video; nurse practitioner students; patient simulation; teaching materials.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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