Nursing Simulation: A Review of the Past 40 Years

Wendy M. Nehring and Felissa R. Lashley
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Wendy M. Nehring: East Tennessee State University, USA, nehringwm@aol.com
Felissa R. Lashley: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, flashley@rutgers.edu

Simulation & Gaming, 2009, vol. 40, issue 4, 528-552

Abstract: Simulation, in its many forms, has been a part of nursing education and practice for many years. The use of games, computer-assisted instruction, standardized patients, virtual reality, and low-fidelity to high-fidelity mannequins have appeared in the past 40 years, whereas anatomical models, partial task trainers, and role playing were used earlier. A historical examination of these many forms of simulation in nursing is presented, followed by a discussion of the roles of simulation in both nursing education and practice. A viewpoint concerning the future of simulation in nursing concludes this article.

Keywords: anatomical models; computer-assisted instruction; health care education; high-fidelity patient simulation; low-fidelity patient simulation; nursing education; nursing practice; nursing research; objective structured clinical experience; partial task trainers; standardized patients; virtual reality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/1046878109332282

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