The use of human patient simulators to enhance clinical decision-making of nursing students

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Powell Laney, S ^a   Keen, C ^a   Hall, K ^b,c  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Halix International   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical performance; Critical thinking; Human patient simulation; Nursing education; Problembased learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 84894809619     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.99201     Document Type: Article

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