Integration of

Simulation into
Nursing Education

Ellen Gajewski
Simulation Coordinator
Oakland University School of Nursing
Oakland University Simulation Lab
 It’s a Perfect Time for Simulation!

Simulation Simulation Best

Standards Simulation Practices
Research

Inconsistent Clinical
Theory-Practice Gap Experiences

Limited Clinical Sites

 What Nursing Students Need!
Thinking Like Thinking Like
a Nurse! a Nurse!

Clinical Judgment
“An iterative process that uses nursing knowledge to observe and
access presenting situations, identify a prioritized client concern and
generate the best possible evidence-based solutions in order to deliver
safe client care.”
(NCSBN, 2018)

Knowledge + Critical Thinking + Decision-Making

Standards Improve Simulation
Performance!
Simulation Design
Outcomes and Objectives
Facilitation
Debriefing
Participant Evaluation
Professional Integrity
Simulation Enhanced IPE
Operations

(The INACSL Standards Committee, 2017)

 Why Simulation Works

Deliberate Experiential
Practice Learning
Constructivism

(Rutherford-Hemming, 2012)
Simulation Must Be A Safe Environment
Student/Faculty Response
Evaluations
Clinical Judgment
Simulation is a Teaching Strategy to Help
Bridge the Theory Practice Gap
 References
• National Council State Boards of Nursing. (2018). Measuring the right
things: NCSBN’s next generation NCLEX endeavors to go beyond the
leading edge. Retrieved from Retrieved from
https://www.ncsbn.org/InFocus_Winter_2018.pdf

• Rutherford-Hemming, T. (2012). Simulation methodology in nursing

education and adult learning theory. Adult Learning, 23(3), 129-137.

• The INACSL Standards Committee (2017). INASCL Standards of Best

Practice. Retrieved from:
https://www.inacsl.org/INACSL/document-server/?cfp=INACSL/assets/File/p