Real-time simulation: first-hand experience of the challenges of community nursing for students

Abstract

The Community Challenge is a simulated community event for pre-registration nursing students across all four fields. Through the provision of real-time simulation, the Community Challenge has combined a deeper learning for both nursing students and the drama students who were involved in making the scenarios real and interactive. The event was run over 5 days, with positive evaluations from students and staff. Furthermore, Community Challenge has been found to be successful in expanding opportunities for students that align with national drivers, curriculum planning and interprofessional learning. The event has allowed students to engage in learning with other fields, enhancing their own practice. The Community Challenge has been found to enhance the link between theory and practice within primary care, promoting the relevance and importance of community care within nursing.

Influencing nursing students’ perceptions of community care with curriculum-redesign; a quasi-experimental cohort study

“…An isolated simulation in-school nursing programme in the UK, the ‘Community Challenge’, clarified the complexity of this field and was highly appreciated. It was not reported, however, whether it also effected students’ perceptions of the field [28].…”

How nursing students’ placement preferences and perceptions of community care develop in a more ‘community-oriented’ curriculum: A longitudinal cohort study

“…Educational nursing programs on elderly care have proved to be successful in stimulating students' interest [26][27][28][29], and a simulated short community event recently successfully promoted the relevance and importance of community nursing to students in the UK [30]. Despite these short-term positive results, a literature study by Pfarrwaller et al revealed that, in the medical context, isolated modules were not effective in stimulating a choice for primary care, which led to the advice to develop a longitudinal, multifaceted programme [12].…”

How Nursing Students’ Placement Preferences and Perceptions of Community Care Develop in a More ‘Community-Oriented’ Curriculum: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

“…Placement experiences have proved to be in uential, as exposure to the professional practice appeared to positively in uence students' perceptions in community nursing [5,10,[18][19][20][21][22][23] and in primary care [24,25]. Educational nursing programs on elderly care have proved to be successful in stimulating students' interest [26][27][28][29], and a simulated short community event recently successfully promoted the relevance and importance of community nursing to students in the UK [30]. Despite these short-term positive results, a literature study by Pfarrwaller et al revealed that, in the medical context, isolated modules were not effective in stimulating a choice for primary care, which led to the advice to develop a longitudinal, multifaceted programme [12].…”