Costa, Raphael Raniere de OliveiraMedeiros, Soraya Maria deCoutinho, Verónica Rita DiasVeríssimo, Cristina Maria FigueiraSilva, Margarida Alexandra Nunes Carramanho Gomes Martins Moreira daLucena, Eudes Euler de Souza2021-03-112021-03-112020COSTA, Raphael Raniere de Oliveira; MEDEIROS, Soraya Maria de; COUTINHO, Verónica Rita Dias; VERÍSSIMO, Cristina Maria Figueira; SILVA, Margarida Alexandra Nunes Carramanho Gomes Martins Moreira da; LUCENA, Eudes Euler de Souza. Simulação clínica no desempenho cognitivo, satisfação e autoconfiança na aprendizagem: estudo quase-experimental. Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, [s. l.], v. 33, p. 1-8, 2020. Disponível em: https://acta-ape.org/article/simulacao-clinica-no-desempenho-cognitivo-satisfacao-e-autoconfianca-na-aprendizagem-estudo-quase-experimental/. Acesso em: 02 mar. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37689/acta-ape/2020ao012361982-0194https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31803Objective: to analyze the cognitive knowledge, satisfaction and self-confi dence of nursing students based on simulation use in teaching nursing consultation in community nursing vaccination. Methods: an intervention and quantitative study comprised in two phases. A quasi-experimental design of a control group not equivalent to the pre- and post-test type was used. All ethical aspects have been respected. The final sample consisted of 94 Portuguese nursing students. They were allocated into two groups: control and experimental. The control group had access to a traditional skill class. The experimental group participated in a simulation session with two cases. In addition to the sociodemographic characterization, the students answered a pre- and post-test to measure cognitive performance. Moreover, satisfaction and self-confi dence in learning scale was applied. A signifi cance level of 5% was adopted. Results: of the 94 students, 95.7% were female, 91.5% were aged between 18 and 20 years, 98.9% were single and 94.7% were unemployed. From the clinical simulation, students learn more when compared to students who participated in the traditional strategy (p value = 0.000). Furthermore, clinical simulation promotes satisfaction among students. Conclusion: since it is a teaching and learning strategy that allows a better cognitive performance, and because it generates satisfaction among students, clinical simulation can be pointed out as a potential strategy for teaching in community nursingAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/SimulaçãoEnsino de enfermagemAtenção primária à saúdeSimulationEducation, nursingPrimary health carearticle10.37689/acta-ape/2020ao01236