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The impact of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning: A quasi-experimental study Arrogante Maroto, Óscar Ortuño Soriano, Ismael Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Sofía Raurell Torredà, Marta Jiménez Rodríguez, Diana Zaragoza García, Ignacio Background Communication skills are essential for fostering nurse-patient relationships and ensuring quality nursing care, making them a critical competency in nursing education. Attitudes constitute powerful behavioral indicators and influence the learning process of nursing students. Aim This study evaluated the effects of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students' attitudes toward learning communication skills. Methods A total of 149 first-year students participated in a quasi-experimental study, in which their attitudes toward learning communication skills were compared between baseline and after the simulation experience. The standardized patient performed different behaviors during each simulated nursing consultation: assertive, passive/noncompliant, depressed, aggressive, and agitated. Results Nursing students significantly improved their attitudes toward learning communication skills after the simulation sessions. Conclusion High-fidelity simulation training using standardized patients allows first-year nursing students to improve their attitudes toward learning communication skills. This improvement can provide benefits directly related to nurse-patient relationships and high-quality nursing care. Therefore, the inclusion of simulation training programs in nursing curricula is necessary to promote these attitudes in order to prepare undergraduate nursing students for real clinical practice. 2025-04-29T15:53:22Z 2025-04-29T15:53:22Z 2025-04-29T15:53:22Z 2025-04 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119761 1876-1399 10.1016/j.ecns.2025.101711 eng Arrogante, O., Ortuño-Soriano, I., Fernandes-Ribeiro, A. S., Raurell-Torredà, M., Jiménez-Rodríguez, D., & Zaragoza-García, I. (2025). The impact of high-fidelity simulation training on first-year nursing students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning: A quasi-experimental study. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 101. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECNS.2025.101711 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Elsevier