End of Life Simulation in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
In pediatric cardiac critical care, end of life (EOL) care is unfortunately a reality. The cardiac arrest rate in pediatric cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) is 3.1%, and mortality rates following arrests are just below 50% (Alten et al., 2017). In pediatric critical care units, planned withdrawal of care occurs in nearly 70% of patient deaths (Burns, Sellers, Meyer, Lewis-Newby,& Truog, 2014). While all providers are involved in EOL care for these patients, nurses are at the frontline of these experiences. (Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing)
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - July 21, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Brenda K. Williams, Tiffany L. Pendergrass, Taylor R. Grooms, Amy R. Florez Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research
Setting the Stage for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Education: Outcomes of a Simulated Patient Pilot Program
Within psychiatric mental health (PMH) clinical settings, nursing students encounter wide variation in patient interactions. Faculty may not always observe these interactions, limiting opportunities for critical feedback and reflection. Students may also experience unease during initial patient encounters, contributing to confidence barriers and learning delays (Ok et al., 2020). (Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing)
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - July 20, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Katherine M. Pfeiffer, LisaMarie Wands Tags: Innovations in Simulation Source Type: research
Nursing Students ’ Perceptions and Experiences of Using Virtual Simulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Virtual simulation (VS) applications currently used in nursing education are diverse and known only as platform types; these include Developed platform, Second Life, Unity 3D, vSim ®, and CliniSpace (Rim& Shin, 2020; Shin et al., 2019). An evaluation of vSim use by the National League for Nursing in the US reported that clinical faculty members perceived it positively and of “more value and utility than other teaching methods” (Forneris& Scroggs, 2014, p. 348). The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made it difficult for nursing students to practice in hospitals, so many nursing colleges are using remote learnin...
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - July 13, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Mi Jong Kim, Hee Sun Kang, Jennie C. De Gagne Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research
Integrating Veteran Healthcare into Nursing Curricula: In the students ’ Words
Women voluntarily joined the United States Armed Forces in large numbers during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF/OIF) (Levander& Overland, 2015). The post-9/11 female veteran population represent the largest living cohort of female veterans (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2017; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018). Today, there are more women veterans than at any other time in our history and the number is expected to increase in the next ten years as military service in defense of our nation is valued (Ganzer, 2016; Levander& Overland, 2015). (Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing)
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - July 12, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Bertha E. Flores, Jacqueline K. Riley-Baker, Richard A. Flores, Stacey Young-McCaughan Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research
Promoting Fair Evaluation of Learning During Clinical Simulation: Knowing Yourself, Your Team, and Your Tool
Assessment of student clinical performance is a core nursing faculty responsibility. While licensure as a Registered Nurse is determined by an objective computer-based exam, nursing programs are charged with ensuring that their graduates are safe, albeit novice, practitioners of nursing. For decades, nursing scholars have documented the challenges with assessment of clinical performance (Hunsicker& Chitwood, 2018; Lewallen& Van Horn, 2019; Seldomridge& Walsh, 2018; Victor et al., 2017; Wu et al., 2015). (Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing)
Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - July 12, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Jone M. Tiffany, Barbara A. Hoglund, Ann E. Holland, Vicki Schug, Linda Blazovich, Deborah Bambini Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research
