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Volume 4
Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing
Nursing Summit 2018
November 08-09, 2018
November 08-09, 2018 Sydney, Australia
25
th
World Congress on
Nursing & Healthcare
Effectiveness of simulation in first year undergraduate nursing students in tertiary education
setting
Sujatha Shanmugasundaram
California State University, USA
Globally, simulation has been considered one of the vital component in nursing curricula. While much innovative pedagogies
have taken momentum in imparting the nursing curriculum, simulation has emerged as a significant method that is being
adopted to teach clinical courses. Evidence prove that simulation enhances the knowledge and skills of nursing techniques and
also it imptoves critical thinking and problem solving skills for the nursing students. It is quite evident that simulation is useful
in creating a good learning environment which contributes to safety practice and confidence in the clinical settings. There
are various types of simulation techinques utilized in the nursing education such a low-fidelity, high-fidelity, 3D and video
unfolding case simulations. Due to rapid changes in clinical placements, patient safety issues and ethical concerns, students’
direct experience with patient care and opportunities to handle problem-based clinical situations have been diminished.
Simulation plays an important role in enhancing the students’ knowledge and skills and best prepare them for the clinical
practice. Simulation offers the chance to increase the speed of acquisition of clinical skills to a defined level of competence
by allowing the opportunity for repetitive practice at the learner’s own pace. Therefore, to conclude, simulation is an effective
method of teaching-learning strategy in an undergraduate nursing education curriculum.
sujathas@csufresno.eduJ Comm Pub Health Nurs 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2471-9846-C3-009