Using simulation to prepare students for their qualified role.

Full Abstract

It is important that qualified nurses are able make decisions and solve problems, so a group of 10 BSc adult branch nursing students undertook a ward simulation exercise in preparation for their role as qualified nurses. This article describes the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of the simulation day.

Author information

Author/s: Bland, Andrew (A); Sutton, Andrew (A);

Affiliation: University of Huddersfield.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: Nursing times (Nurs Times), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 May 30-Jun 5; vol 102 (issue 22) : pp 30-2

Dates: Created 2006/06/12; Completed 2006/07/11;

PMID: 16764383, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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