Nursing Students: Untapped Resource for Running Computerized Patient Simulators

published online 17 May 2010.
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Abstract

High-fidelity simulation (HFS) is sweeping the nation as a legitimate and exciting new resource for nursing educators. As with most new technologies, HFS is not without its difficulties. It can be a costly program to run and may also cause anxiety among the faculty required for implementation. There is a simple solution to help increase the ease of its implementation: using student workers. This article discusses how using students to help run the simulations can not only reduce overall cost and anxiety associated with this new technology but also increase learning among those participating in HFS.

KeyWords: nursing, education, implementation, simulation, HFS, HPS, cost, learning, faculty, anxiety, technique, critical thinking, challenges, technology, students

a Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA

b Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA

c Brigham Young University, College of Nursing, Provo, UT 84602, USA

d Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99210, USA

Cite this article: Aragon, S., Kotter, A., Ravert, P. K., & Kardong-Edgren, S. E. (2010, Month). Nursing students: Untapped resource for running computerized patient simulators. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, VOL(X.), xxx-xxx. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.006

PII: S1876-1399(10)00007-1

doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.006