Embracing Disruption: Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Simulations in Advanced Practice Nurse Curriculum

Kuszajewski, Michele L.; Vaughn, Jacqueline; Bowers, Matthew T.; Smallheer, Benjamin; Hueckel, Rémi M.; Molloy, Margory A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2021.04.017

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“…The feedback from the students established that virtual simulation as a clinical learning exercise was a viable resource to augment the traditional hands-on, in-person clinical experience. These results are consistent with the existing literature that supports the use of simulation to augment clinical experiences when needed [22][23][24]. Schools of nursing continue to face limited clinical site availability due to staffing shortages and increased student enrollment.…”

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Evolving Approaches to Meet Clinical Hours for Undergraduate Nursing Students during COVID-19

Rumsey

Joy

Leger

2023

IJERPH

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic challenged all healthcare professionals to re-think how patient care is provided. Faculty in nursing schools faced similar challenges in offering adequate clinical hours to nursing students, because of the limited availability of clinical placements. Methods: A faculty in one school of nursing introduced virtual simulation resources to supplement in-person clinical hours. The faculty developed a revised clinical curriculum for students that included weekly objectives and deliverables for virtual simulations. The Simulation Effectiveness Tool-Modified (SET-M) was utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual simulations. Results: 130 students (88.4%) completed the post-implementation survey. After using the virtual simulations, 50% of the students reported feeling confident in providing interventions that foster patient safety. Furthermore, students reported a sound understanding of disease pathophysiology (60%) and medications (53.8%). The qualitative data indicated that students found the virtual simulations beneficial and a safe learning environment. Conclusion: Pre-pandemic virtual simulations were not used by this school of nursing to replace the traditional in-person clinical experiences. However, the pandemic demonstrated that the utilization of innovative virtual simulations are effective methods for student learning to augment traditional clinical experiences.

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Evolving Approaches to Meet Clinical Hours for Undergraduate Nursing Students during COVID-19

Rumsey

Joy

Leger

2023

IJERPH

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“…Online synchronize clinical simulations are gaining momentum as effective learning models ( Díaz-Guio et al., 2021 ; Kuszajewski et al., 2021 ). This paper describes the development and implementation of a transcultural virtual simulation COIL activity to promote the development of cultural competence for Chinese and American nursing students.…”

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need to quickly and effectively switch to online learning ( Cantey, Sampson, Vaughn, & Blodgett, 2021 ; Díaz-Guio et al., 2021 ; Kuszajewski et al., 2021 ). Nurse educators successfully transitioned to online skills labs ( Cantey et al., 2021 ), didactic course content education ( Fawaz & Samaha, 2021 ; Kuganathan, Slifierz, Anderson, Alvarez, & Apatu, 2021 ), and simulation-based education ( Díaz-Guio et al., 2021 ; Eubanks et al., 2020 ; Kuszajewski et al., 2021 ). However, little is known of the utility of using COIL for DEI content.…”

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Creating Inclusive Learning Environments for Chinese and American Pediatric Nursing Students

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Lin²,

Leonard³

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Clinical Simulation in Nursing

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“…Success indicators within an OSCE context would be specific to the learning objectives of the scenario. The success of virtual simulations has been assessed by applying validated and reliable tools such as the Simulation Effectiveness Tool; the findings include consolidation of learning and increases in confidence, clinical knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical judgement [5].…”

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Shifting to Delivering Simulation Virtually Within a Healthcare Education Setting

Peisachovich¹,

Ladha²,

Rahmanov³

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed how healthcare education is being delivered, creating a global shift towards virtual modalities. Various approaches, each with their own benefits and limitations, have been developed to bridge this gap and continue to provide comprehensive education to healthcare students. To understand which approach to implement, we must consider what each can offer and what is best suited for the situation. Much of this will focus on the learning goals and outcomes with research strongly favouring modalities focused on the areas of cognitive, affective, and behavioural skill acquisition as opposed to technical skills.The use of simulated persons offers the most diverse application for these areas of focus. This approach can provide opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous learning. While novel in its approach, virtual simulations can leverage existing success and performance indicators used for in-person approaches to best understand the experiences of the learners and the facilitators. Evidence can be compared with outcomes of previous in-person groups to understand how this approach can be best implemented into curricula/programs. Future applications are numerous for this modality and the development of pilot studies focused on smaller groups of learners will provide opportunities for educators and program developers to review and understand the challenges that may arise.Simulation is a widely drawn upon teaching-learning approach deeply rooted in experiential learning. With the purpose of replicating real-world scenarios to increase knowledge transfer and reduce the shock of encountering challenging real-world situations, simulated environments are proven to be an effective tool in building learners' self-confidence and bridging the gap between theory and practice within the healthcare realm. Simulation can be, and is, applied within healthcare-education contexts from undergraduate to graduate levels and into ongoing professional development.

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Embracing Disruption: Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Simulations in Advanced Practice Nurse Curriculum

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Evolving Approaches to Meet Clinical Hours for Undergraduate Nursing Students during COVID-19

Evolving Approaches to Meet Clinical Hours for Undergraduate Nursing Students during COVID-19

Creating Inclusive Learning Environments for Chinese and American Pediatric Nursing Students

Shifting to Delivering Simulation Virtually Within a Healthcare Education Setting

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