Use of virtual clinical simulation to improve communication skills of baccalaureate nursing students: A pilot study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Foronda, Cynthia ^a   Gattamorta, Karina ^b   Snowden, Kenya ^b   Bauman, Eric B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Clinical Playground LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Education; Interprofessional; Nursing; Online; Safety; Simulation; Virtual

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84900453832     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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