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. 2021 Mar;29(1):15-20.
doi: 10.5455/aim.2021.29.15-20.

Simulation in Clinical Nursing Education

Konstantinos Koukourikos  1   2 , Areti Tsaloglidou  1 , Lambrini Kourkouta  1 , Ioanna V Papathanasiou  3 , Christos Iliadis  4 , Aikaterini Fratzana  5 , Aspasia Panagiotou  2
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Simulation in Clinical Nursing Education

Konstantinos Koukourikos et al. Acta Inform Med. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Simulation constitutes a teaching method and a strategy for learning and understanding theoretical knowledge and skills in the nursing and medical field.

Objective: To review and present modern data related to this issue.

Methods: Literature review of data related to the issue derived from Medline, Cinhal, and Scopus databases, in English, using the following keywords: nursing, simulation, simulator, nursing laboratory.

Results: The implementation of simulation enables students to practice their clinical and decision-making skills for some significant issues they may face in their daily work. The protected environment and the sense of security enhance students' self-esteem and confidence, thus promoting learning. In this way, the gap between theory and practice is substantially reduced.

Conclusion: The further development of simulation, along with other instructional techniques, can significantly help the efforts made by the students to become integrated and successful healthcare professionals.

Keywords: nursing; nursing laboratory; simulation; simulator.

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