Integrating an Obesity Simulation into Baccalaureate Nursing Education

RETRACTED: Exploring student nurses' attitudes towards those who are obese and whether these attitudes change following a simulated activity

“…Simulation can provide the opportunity to place the student in vulnerable situations, potentially reflecting the experience of the people they will care for (Weekes and Philips, 2015). Mangold and Markiewicz (2014) developed clinical scenarios using standardised patients to simulate obesity and Walker and Gantt (2010) used a bariatric patient simulator manikin to expose student nurses to complex care scenarios. However, whilst using simulation, neither measured the outcomes of this educational approach on students' attitudes and perceptions of their learning experience.…”

Difficulties and Limits of Treatment of a Patient With Obesity

“…One of the approaches should be to place more emphasis on educating health professionals in the treatment of obese patients, as pointed out by various authors [19,20]. Obesity is a distinct disease with its own specifics, and it is for these reasons that nursing students need to be educated in the issue, as according to Mangold and Markiewicz [19] students themselves declare a lack of this information. Authors Hansson et al [21].…”

“…Students learned to recognize nursing diagnoses and plan nursing care for an obese patient. Students who completed this course felt more competent to perform nursing care for an obese patient [19]. Following gradual steps, starting with teaching students about the treatment of obese patients, with accessibility to appropriate technical, material and personnel conditions, it is possible to achieve effective, good-quality and safe nursing care for obese patients in practice.…”

Experience of nurses in simulated cardiorespiratory arrest

“…It is also noteworthy that SR can be more didactic than a real situation, as it is strategically focused on defined goals and carried out in a controlled and error-prone environment, thus minimizing the psychological impact of care on the patient and developing professional self-confidence. [15][16][17] It is noteworthy, since the next step after graduation is Nursing residence, which the university used SR as a method for teaching and learning of residents, which pointed out the greatest difficulties in hospital professional practice and care for critically ill patients. in open clinics, especially in emergency situations, such as a CPA.…”