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Prelicensure nursing students seeking to enter perioperative nursing need preparatory fire safety knowledge and skills training to participate as a member of an operating room (OR) team. This pilot study examined the effectiveness of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill Trainer (VEST) on OR fire safety skills among prelicensure nursing students. An experimental pretest-posttest design was used in this study. Twenty nursing students were randomized to a control or an intervention group. Knowledge and skills acquisition of OR fire safety were assessed. There were no statistically significant findings in knowledge for either group. Fisher exact test demonstrated significant relationships between the skills performance criteria of following emergency procedures for a fire and demonstrating PASS (pull-aim-squeeze-sweep) technique (P = .001). Academic and hospital educators may consider incorporating virtual reality simulation to teach fire safety education or reinforce general fire safety practices to nursing students and novice nurses.

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This article describes how exploring the need for a continuing education course for the critical care nursing community turned into the development of the Preparing the Critical Care Nurse program. The course offered an opportunity for collaboration between area hospitals and a college of nursing by facilitating the transition of undergraduate nurses to the critical care setting using high-fidelity simulation. Course development, implementation, evaluation, and suggestions for similar courses in the future are presented. Goals of the simulation component of the course were evaluated and addressed the participants' self-confidence and satisfaction with learning through simulation. A 6-month postevaluation provided insight into the participants' impressions of simulation as a learning tool as they currently practice critical care nursing.

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As the science of simulation continues to evolve, so does the need for additions and revisions to the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice TM . Therefore, the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice TM are living documents. Simulation Glossary StatementConsistent terminology provides guidance and clear communication, reflecting shared values in simulation experiences, research, and publications. The goal of advancing the science of simulation is dependent on the consistent use of this inclusive terminology.

A usability study of a Virtual Reality Sterile Urinary Catheter Insertion Game (VR SUCIG) was conducted to understand user needs in regards to this game. Background: Learning and retention of psychomotor skills in health care is essential to safe clinical practice. Bauman suggests games are most useful when they are part of a layered-learning approach; in other words, they support various forms of learning and serve as cognitive aids ( Bauman et al., 2014 ). Intervention: The VR Sterile Urinary Catheter Insertion Game (VRSUCIG) was created by nurses and a computer gaming developer to provide nursing students with a cost-effective way to practice sterile catheter insertion skills in a systematic, evidence-based manner. A usability study and user reaction survey were conducted to gain a deep understanding of user’s needs. Methods: Three hundred nursing students, from 9 US nursing schools participated. Participants played the VR SUCIG and completed the System Usability Scale (SUS) and a User Reaction Survey (URS). Results: The SUS for the 2nd generation of the VR SUCIG was 57, or medium usability. The URS demonstrated the game motivated them to keep practicing. The VR SUCIG promoted repetitive practice of the skill and visually accentuated the concept of sterility. Conclusions. User reactions indicate that nursing students were eager and excited to utilize this technology. Usability scores indicate further refinement of technology is needed.