Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages e25-e29 , January 2011

Nursing Students: Untapped Resource for Running Computerized Patient Simulators

  • Starla Aragon, RN, BS

      Affiliations

    • Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA
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  • Amy Kotter, RN, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA
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  • Patricia K. Ravert, PhD, RN, CNE

      Affiliations

    • Brigham Young University, College of Nursing, Provo, UT 84602, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Suzan E. Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99210, USA

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 Cite this article: Aragon, S., Kotter, A., Ravert, P. K., & Kardong-Edgren, S. E. (2011, January). Nursing students: Untapped resource for running computerized patient simulators. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 7(1), e25-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.006

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doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.006

Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages e25-e29 , January 2011

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