The much quoted 2014 NCSBN National Simulation Study suggests that simulation can replace up to 50% of traditional clinical time without any effect on clinical competency, comprehensive nursing knowledge assessments, NCLEX pass rates or overall clinical competency after six months of post licensure practice. However, the report does specify that this equivalency is only valid [...]
Jeremy S. Kirkwood, BSHA, CHSOS, Coordinator of Simulation and Technology at Indiana University’s School of Nursing at the Fort Wayne Campus, submitted today’s helpful article covering How to Build a Medical Simulation Lab Control Room management system utilzing MacOS. Jeremy shares the story of his team coming to the realization that a new umbrella control [...]
Every so often we take a closer look at the latest research in Nursing Simulation from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)’s leading journal: Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Topics include balancing a simulation center budget, individual vs. group debriefing comparisons, overcoming challenges in simulating mental health, innovations in simulated nursing, development [...]
The National League for Nursing (NLN) Center for Innovation in Education Excellence has just completed their 7-part blog series covering the specific components of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)’s Simulation Operations Standard. This is a very helpful series for clinical educators and simulation program administrators and/or technicians looking to dive [...]
