Effectiveness of Simulation in Nursing Students' Critical Thinking Scores: A Pre-/Post-Test Study

Clinical reasoning and critical thinking have been identified as competency deficient in many new graduate nurses (Herron, 2018; Theisen& Sandau, 2013). As a result enhancing critical thinking in undergraduate nursing education is a significant focus of contemporary nursing education research internationally (Alfaro-LeFevre, 2019; Carvalho et al., 2017; Levett-Jones, 2017). Developing critical thinking and clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing students is important as these attributes are directly associated with enhanced problem-solving, fewer clinical errors, effective clinical judgement, and improved patient safety (Carvalho et al., 2017; Von Collin-Appling& Giuliano, 2017; Zuriguel P érez et al., 2015).
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research Article Source Type: research