High-fidelity Simulation in Teaching Problem Solving to 1st-Year Nursing Students. A Novel Use of the Nursing Process

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Burns, Helen K ^a   O'Donnell, John ^a   Artman, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

high fidelity simulation; nursing education; nursing process; problem solving; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951641376     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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