Transitioning Undergraduate Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Hospital Clinical Experience to Immersive Simulation-Based Education

Undergraduate students enrolled in traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs in the United States may encounter limited clinical practice experiences in maternal-newborn and pediatric settings (Bowling et al., 2018). Difficulties encountered in traditional clinical practice settings include restrictions of students allowed clinical site access, low patient census, differing clinical experiences, and sharing of clinical sites. The national shortage of clinical practice settings relates to increased BSN enrollment to meet national nursing shortages (Au et al., 2016; Shin et al., 2015; White, 2017).
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research