educational method simulation

1. Integration of
Simulation into
Nursing
Education
Ellen Gajewski
Simulation Coordinator
Oakland University School of Nursing

2. Oakland University Simulation Lab

3. It’s a Perfect Time for Simulation!
Simulation
Standards Simulation
Research
Simulation Best
Practices
Inconsistent Clinical
Experiences
Limited Clinical Sites
Theory-Practice Gap

4. What Nursing Students Need!
Knowledge + Critical Thinking + Decision-Making
Clinical Judgment
“An iterative process that uses nursing knowledge to observe and
access presenting situations, identify a prioritized client concern and
generate the best possible evidence-based solutions in order to deliver
safe client care.”
Thinking Like
a Nurse!
(NCSBN, 2018)

5. Standards Improve Simulation
Performance!
Simulation Design
Outcomes and Objectives
Facilitation
Debriefing
Participant Evaluation
Professional Integrity
Simulation Enhanced IPE
Operations
(The INACSL Standards Committee, 2017)

6. Why Simulation Works
Deliberate
Practice
Experiential
Learning
Constructivism
(Rutherford-Hemming, 2012)

7. Simulation Must Be A Safe Environment

8. Student/Faculty Response

9. Evaluations

10. Clinical Judgment

11. Simulation is a Teaching Strategy to Help
Bridge the Theory Practice Gap

12. References
• National Council State Boards of Nursing. (2018). Measuring the right
things: NCSBN’s next generation NCLEX endeavors to go beyond the
leading edge. Retrieved from Retrieved from
https://www.ncsbn.org/InFocus_Winter_2018.pdf
• Rutherford-Hemming, T. (2012). Simulation methodology in nursing
education and adult learning theory. Adult Learning, 23(3), 129-137.
• The INACSL Standards Committee (2017). INASCL Standards of Best
Practice. Retrieved from: https://www.inacsl.org/INACSL/document-
server/?cfp=INACSL/assets/File/public/standards/SOBPEnglishCombo.pdf