Use of Simulation in Nursing Education: Initial Experiences on a European Union Lifelong Learning Programme - Leonardo da Vinci Project

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Aim: The aim of this paper is to share the initial experiences on a European Union (EU) Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo Da Vinci Transfer of Innovation Project related to the use of simulation-based learning with nursing students from Turkey. The project started at the end of the 2010 involving 7 partners from 3 different countries including Turkey, England, and Italy. Methods:This project is divided into 7 work packages (WP). In this paper, experiences from the first three WPs (WP1: Preparation and dissemination of the project. WP2: Regulation of the project management. WP3: Development of the evaluation tools used to evaluate the impact of the innovative practice within the coordinating partner's institution) are shared. Results:In the WP1 and WP2: the kick-off meeting was organized in Turkey, the coordinating partner's country. During the meeting project-related events were planned and the steering committee of the project was formed. A strong team spirit within the partnership was established. For the dissemination of the project, a poster and flier of the project were prepared and placed on corporate boards visible to students and teaching staff and put on the partners' institutional websites. Regular bulletins of the project were also prepared and posted on the project website. In the WP3, student data sheet, items for students' satisfaction questionnaire and confidence scale were created based on the literature. Trauma patient scenarios (abdominal trauma, thoracic trauma, pelvic fracture and traumatic amputation) were created to test the target group's knowledge. Ethical approval was obtained from the coordinating partner institution. A pilot study to test the cases was conducted. Following the pilot study, the final version of the student data sheet and scenario cases was created. The second meeting was organized in Italy. In this meeting, the results of the pilot study, the scenario cases, and the Patient Intervention Self Confidence /Competence Scale were evaluated. Conclusion:The work on this EU project is still in progress. Considering that learning from experience is an important part of nursing education, sharing experiences on such a project related to using simulation as an innovative teaching strategy in nursing education in Turkey should provide an example to others who want to develop other EU projects in nursing education.

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“…29 Terzioğlu ve arkadaşlarının (2012) yaptığı çalışmada, öğrenci hemşirelerin klinik öncesi hazırlıklarının yetersiz olduğu; klinik ortamda kendilerini yetersiz ve güvensiz hissettikleri, hastaların ve hemşirelerin öğrencilere güvenmediği ve uygulama yapmalarına izin vermediği, teorikte anlatılanlarla klinikte uygulananlar arasında farklılıkların olduğu belirlenmiştir. 30 Thomas ve Mackey (2012) sömestr başında ve sonunda simülasyon eğitimi ile geleneksel eğitimin 24 lisans hemşirelik öğrencisinin öz güveni üzerinde etkisini inceledikleri çalışmada, simülasyon eğitimi alan öğrencilerin hasta durumunu belirti ve bulguları tanımlama (p=0.00), değerlendirme (p=0.00), müdahale etme yeteneğinin (p=0.00) sömestr sonrası istatistiksel olarak önemli derecede arttığını saptamıştır. 31 …”

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