Immersive virtual reality simulations in nursing education

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 314-317

  Kilmon, Carol A ^a   Brown, Leonard ^a   Ghosh, Sumit ^a   Mikitiuk, Artur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b Academy of Computer Science and Management   (Poland)

Author keywords

Emerging educational technologies; Nursing education; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING THEORY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79952110037     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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