Simulation Use in Acute Care Hospitals in the United States

Abstract

Three national nursing associations formed a collaborative partnership to research simulation use in acute care hospitals in the United States and military hospitals abroad. An electronic survey was used to determine simulation modalities used, participants engaged, space allocation, purposes of use, commonly taught skills, logistics, and barriers to use. Data from 521 respondents revealed widespread use of a variety of simulation modalities. However, use of this educational strategy could be expanded to patients and families.

The Effectiveness of Simulation Use in Transition to Practice Nurse Residency Programs

“…Given the expense of simulation program development and maintenance, the task force focused on quantitative research to examine objective mea-or environment to allow persons to experience a representation of a real event for the purpose of practice, evaluation, testing, or to gain understanding of systems or human actions" (Lioce, 2020, p. 44). These simulation techniques comprise the use of high-, medium-, and low-fidelity manikins; task trainers; augmented reality; virtual reality; standardized patients; or a combination of techniques (Harper et al, 2018).…”