Testing Computer-Based Simulation to Enhance Clinical Judgment Skills in Senior Nursing Students

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-491

  Weatherspoon, Deborah L ^a   Wyatt, Tami H ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Computer based simulation; Experiential learning theory; Nursing education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868601352     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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