Simulation Fidelity and Cueing: A Systematic Review of the Literature

INACSL Standards of Best Practice: SimulationSM Facilitation

“…Deliver cues to help participants interpret or clarify the simulated reality or help redirect participants toward the expected outcomes. 22 Execute cues during the running of the simulation in a manner that maintains fidelity of the scenario or case. Deliver cues using a variety of methods, for example, laboratory results, phone calls from providers or other health care departments, comments from patient, a family member, or triggered by equipment in the room.…”

The creation of a simulated rural hospital nursing unit for the purpose of conducting research

“…The conceptual dimension is where information offered to the participant is interpretable as representing a theoretical concept [14] . Being able to recognize levels of acuity among the patients provided the research participants with the opportunity to engage in and demonstrate their knowledge of theoretical concepts.…”

“…The functional attributes are the realistic responses of the learner or more accurately in this situation, the research participants [14] . In this full-scale simulation, the research participants had the opportunity to interact with three volunteer amateur actors.…”

“…The physical dimension of simulation encompasses equipment and environmental attributes [14] . By attending to the characteristics of rural hospital nursing practice where RNs need to develop an awareness of and ability to manage the dynamic needs of multiple patients, the environment included seven in-hospital patients who required varying types and levels of nursing care.…”

“…To help start the dialogue on the applicability and feasibility of using simulated environments for nursing field studies, using Paige and Morin's [14] simulation framework, this paper describes the physical, psychological and conceptual dimensions of a full-scale simulated multi-bed rural nursing unit that became the 'field' for a rural nursing practice study. The paper will conclude with a discussion pertaining to the advantages of using a simulated environment in this manner along with items for consideration prior to embarking on such a project.…”