Effect of High-Fidelity Simulation on Pediatric Nursing Students’ Anxiety

Pediatric Simulation in Pre- Licensure Nursing

“…Our students' experiences are consistent with those reported by Megel and colleagues [5] who explored high-fidelity simulation in pediatrics using an infant manikin and found that students were more comfortable in their pediatric clinical experience if they had previously done a postoperative assessment with the infant manikin. The approach to simulation in our pediatric course emphasizes practice of communication skills with patients, families and the interprofessional team.…”

“…For many students, caring for the pediatric patient is associated with higher levels of fear, anxiety, and perceived challenge than older patients, which can adversely affect student performance [1,2]. Traditional clinical placements in pediatrics include the hospital, ambulatory locations, and school-based health settings.…”

“…Simulation can enhance course and program outcomes, bridge the education-practice gap, increase exposure to rare medical situations, and provide a safe, risk free, controlled learning environment. This encourages and supports the learner's ability to transfer didactic content from the classroom to realistic patient interactions in a simulated environment [2][3][4][5]. Research has shown that simulation based nursing education, when conducted with best practices, can be an effective substitute for a portion of clinical hours [6].…”

The use of high fidelity simulation in nursing education: A literature review<p>Hemşirelik eğitiminde yüksek gerçekli simülasyon kullanimi: Literatür incelemesi

“…Paige et al (2014) found that HFS education created a significant increase in self-efficacy scores whereas in the study conducted by Blum, Borglund ve Parcells (2010), no overall improvement was observed in terms of clinical competency and self confidence. Megel et al (2012) examined the effect of HFS on the anxiety and self confidence of nursing students that take pediatrics courses and found that no significant increase occurred in self confidence scores although their anxiety scores decreased significantly.…”

Strategies of Simulation Training for Improving Nursing Practice Skills in Korea

“…After training has been used as the computer-based training media designed for aviation and military training in early stage, however, since the beginning of 2000 the simulated training program began to be applied utilizing the high fidelity simulator in nursing [19][20][21]. In Korea, with the lead of Pusan National Simulation Center in 2005, the simulation training embarked in full-fledged manner followed by the opening of the 4 centers including those of Catholic University, Yonsei University and thereafter the simulation training has gradually begun to expand with consecutive openings of seven places in 2006 and 10 locations in 2007 [22].…”