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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 4 (2017), Article ID 4:IJNCP-257, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/257
Original Article
Promoting Caring by Increasing Realism in the Simulated Environment

Gail Ward, Lisa Bridwell Robinson* and Laurie Jowers Ware

Tanner Health System School of Nursing, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, USA
Dr. Lisa Bridwell Robinson, Tanner Health System School of Nursing, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, USA; E-mail: lisarobinsonnp@gmail.com
11 August 2017; 21 October 2017; 23 October 2017
Ward G, Robinson LB, Ware LJ (2017) Promoting Caring by Increasing Realism in the Simulated Environment. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 4: 257. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/257

Abstract

High-fidelity human patient simulators provide students learning opportunities for performing skills, attaining knowledge, critical thinking, and building self-confidence. Absent from this list is the essential component of learning caring in nursing. Simulation-based learning can present a challenge to students learning caring behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to address strategies helpful in creating realistic high-fidelity simulation-based learning experiences promoting learning caring during simulation. Simulation specialists who create a realistic clinical scenario and add the human component to the simulated experience were found to make the simulated environment more realistic and consequently more conducive to learning caring behaviors.