Using the human patient simulator to foster critical thinking in critical situations

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-30

  Horan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Engineering Technology and Engineering Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Critical thinking; Human patient simulator; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; ROLE PLAYING; SHORT SURVEY; TEACHING; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EMERGENCIES; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; JUDGMENT; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THINKING;

EID: 61449163279     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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