Can a virtual patient trainer teach student nurses how to save lives-teaching nursing students about pediatric respiratory diseases

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  LeFlore, Judy L ^a   Anderson, Mindi ^a   Zielke, Marjorie A ^c   Nelson, Kristine A ^a   Thomas, Patricia E ^a,b   Hardee, Gary ^c   John, Lauri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Pediatrix Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Game based simulator; Pediatric simulation; Serious games; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; STUDENTS, NURSING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84858702821     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31823652de     Document Type: Article

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