The perceptions of undergraduate student nurses of high-fidelity simulation-based learning: A case report from the University of Tasmania

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 542-550

  Reilly, Amanda ^a   Spratt, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case based curriculum research; High fidelity simulation based learning; Undergraduate nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; ROLE PLAYING; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CORONARY DISEASE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE PLAYING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TASMANIA; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34447560157     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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