Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning to Advanced Practice Nurses: Positives and Negatives

Virtual Simulation to Enhance Clinical Reasoning in Nursing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…The findings revealed greater effect of virtual simulation programs that focused on developing critical thinking skills related to patient care management such as management of clinical deterioration than on developing knowledge application related to clinical procedure (e.g., tracheostomy care). Virtual simulation offers real-life clinical scenarios that enable learners to conduct nursing assessment based on the given scenario and apply the assessment findings to make clinical decisions in the development of a patient management plan ( LaManna et al., 2019 ). Thus, it is known to be best suited for promoting clinical reasoning skills related to patient management, to prepare students for a range of clinical situations ( Borg Sapiano et al., 2018 ).…”

“…Virtual simulation uses clinical scenarios for deliberate practice, a highly customizable, repetitive and structured activity with explicit learning objectives, to enhance learners’ performance in clinical decision-making skills in identifying patient problems and in care management that emphasizes decision-making with consequences ( Ericsson et al., 1993 ; LaManna et al., 2019 ; Levett-Jones et al., 2019 ). The scenarios can be adjusted in complexity to allow for repetition and deliberate practice in a safe and controlled environment ( Borg Sapiano et al., 2018 ).…”

A review of virtual-simulation for assessing healthcare students' clinical competency

“…Virtual simulation uses interactive technology providing a realistic clinical situation in a virtual world where students can engage in decision making with realistic changes within the situation as the simulation unfolds (LaManna et al, 2019). It can be used in both face-to-face or online environments.…”

Cultural adaptation, the 3-month efficacy of visual art training on observational and diagnostic skills among nursing students, and satisfaction among students and staff- a mixed method study

“…Many studies show inadequacy in observational skills among most nurses and nursing students in China and elsewhere, which may be owing to lack of explicit teaching of observation [ 7 , 8 ]. Unlike memorization of rules, practices, and experiential and theoretical knowledge, observation is a unique skill that cannot be learned formally through books or lectures [ 9 ].…”