Nursing Student Use of AIDET in Patient Communication

Explore the significance of AIDET in enhancing patient communication for nursing students. This research topic delves into effective strategies and techniques that improve interactions and patient care outcomes.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Realyn Manalo

5/19/20253 min read

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In today’s patient-centered healthcare environments, the quality of nurse-patient communication plays a pivotal role in enhancing patient satisfaction, compliance, and overall clinical outcomes. Among various frameworks developed to standardize healthcare communication, AIDET—Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, and Thank You—has gained widespread adoption in clinical settings. While AIDET is often introduced during nurse training, its use among student nurses remains underexplored, particularly in contexts where effective communication is crucial for building trust during clinical encounters. As student nurses transition from theory to practice, the consistent application of AIDET may serve as a foundational skill for fostering patient rapport, reducing anxiety, and delivering culturally competent care. However, questions remain on how well students retain, implement, and benefit from this framework in actual practice.


Who Can Use These Topics

This research is ideal for students and professionals pursuing the following courses or strands:

College Programs:

  • BS Nursing

  • BS Medical Technology

  • BS Physical Therapy

  • BS Midwifery

  • BS Health Administration


Senior High School Strands:

  • Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

  • General Academic Strand (GAS)

Why This Topic Needs Research

Understanding the academic gaps around AIDET’s educational application is vital for improving clinical training:

  • Limited longitudinal data on educational outcomes: Although Madayag et al. (2024) explored the lived experiences of Filipino nursing students using AIDET, the study did not examine whether such training leads to sustained improvements in clinical communication or patient feedback across time. This gap underscores the need for outcomes-based, longitudinal research.

  • Focus on experienced professionals rather than students: Prior studies, such as those by Panchuay et al. (2023) and Uranga (2024), evaluated AIDET among practicing nurses but failed to investigate how nursing students are initially introduced to and guided in using AIDET during early clinical rotations.

  • Lack of pedagogical evaluation in clinical settings: Studies like Baah et al. (2023) and Yang et al. (2023) demonstrated positive patient outcomes from AIDET use but excluded student nurses, leaving unanswered how well nursing curricula prepare learners to internalize and apply these communication standards.

  • Unexplored instructional methods and training retention: There is little evidence on the most effective teaching strategies for AIDET. Marroquin (2022) and Liu et al. (2025) called attention to the effectiveness of clinical training tools, but more targeted research is needed to assess how AIDET is taught, reinforced, and evaluated in nursing education settings.

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References

Baah, J. K., Fiase, D., Kyereboah, F., Kyei, G., & Dsane, N. A. K. (2023). Short-term evaluation of the AIDET communication framework at a tertiary teaching hospital in Ghana. Journal of Healthcare Administration, 2(2), 204-217.


Liu, L. M., He, H. Y., & Lu, J. X. (2025). Effects of ADIET communication and delivery rehearsal on anxiety, labor process, and outcomes in vaginal trial delivery. World Journal of Psychiatry, 15(3), 99509.


Madayag, R. A., Esteron, J. V., Lozano, D. A. A., Bautista, E. C., Fernandez, Z. S., & Ramirez, D. Q. (2024). Nursing students’ lived experiences with using AIDET in patient communication: A qualitative study in the Philippines. Belitung Nursing Journal, 10(3), 294.


Marroquin, V. (2022). Using the Aidet-Ct To Enhance Communication in a Private Practice To Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores.


Panchuay, W., Soontorn, T., & Songwathana, P. (2023). Exploring nurses’ experiences in applying AIDET framework to improve communication skills in the emergency department: A qualitative study. Belitung nursing journal, 9(5), 464.


Uranga, C. (2024). Enhancing the Nurse-Patient Communication and Patient Satisfaction.

Yang, H., Luo, W., Du, X., Guan, Y., & Peng, W. (2023). The implementation and effect evaluation of AIDET standard communication health education mode under the King theory of goal attainment: A randomized control study. Medicine, 102(48), e36083.



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