Impact of a web based interactive simulation game (PULSE) on nursing students' experience and performance in life support training - A pilot study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 714-720

  Cook, Neal F ^a   McAloon, Toni ^a   O'Neill, Philip ^a   Beggs, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational multimedia; Life support training; Nursing students; Serious games; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GAME; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84863858489     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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