‘Breath, Belief, Focus, Touch’: Applied puppetry in simulated role-play for person-centred nursing education

Abstract

As a subject area that sustains itself on the productive tension between human and non-human agency, applied puppetry is a pragmatic and compelling approach to considering the role of objects in an anthropocentric world. In health care, mannequins play the role of simulated patients. Most often, they simply stand in for the body of the patient. However, this misses the potential that the materiality of these objects holds when considered through applied puppetry terms. This article examines examples of puppetry used in simulated role-play (SRP) for training and assessment, including a specific project involving applied puppetry with person-centred nursing (PCN) students at Ulster University (UU). It attempts to theorize how, when used in this way, applied puppetry is a metaphorical and translational act of anthropomorphism – a process by which an object can ‘become’ more than a thing. In this context, we seek to define a practice in which a mannequin fulfils its potential as a puppet-patient in SRP for PCN students.

Effects of a Patient Experience–Based Virtual Reality Blended Learning Program on Nursing Students

“…[29][30][31] Few studies have proposed The analytical results of this study indicated that nursing students who virtually experienced the conditions of perioperative patients through VR blended learning showed increased levels of empathy, positive attitudes toward patient safety treatment, confidence in nursing care, and clinical skill performance. This result is consistent with the results of meta-analyses, which showed increased levels of empathy and positive attitudes toward patient safety managementnecessary competencies for patient-centered care-during simulation training 14,26,27 and better interpersonal skills and self-efficacy during role-play. 25 Furthermore, nursing students' virtual experience as perioperative patients showed a positive correlation with their clinical skill performance.…”

“…In most previous studies, scenario-based role-plays were performed to help nursing students gain more experience and a better understanding of being a patient. 14,[25][26][27] However, nursing students' experience of being a patient was limited because of the burden of acting and disturbance halting role-play immersion. 28 Thus, this study developed a method that enabled nursing students to understand patients' experience in realistic situations, as well as their conditions and needs, instead of role-play training in which nursing students simply played the role of patients.…”

“…In most previous studies, scenario-based role-plays were performed to help nursing students gain more experience and a better understanding of being a patient 14,25–27 . However, nursing students' experience of being a patient was limited because of the burden of acting and disturbance halting role-play immersion 28 .…”