Use of Simulation in Nursing Education

Lee, Sun-Ok; Lee, Ju-Hee; Eom, Mi-Ran

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2007;13(1):90-94.
Published online June 30, 2007.

Lee, Sun-Ok;Lee, Ju-Hee;Eom, Mi-Ran;

¹Department of Nursing, Korea National Open University
²College of Nursing, Yensei University
³School of Nursing, Eulji University

시뮬레이션 교육의 간호학 적용

이선옥, 이주희, 엄미란

¹한국방송통신대학교 간호학과
²연세대학교 간호대학
³을지대학교 간호대학

Abstract

Purpose
Since the 1990s, there has been an increasing interest in patient safety and quality of care. As a result, undergraduate nursing students have difficulties in clinical nursing practice such as health assessment or providing nursing skills. The purpose of this paper was to review current issues related to use of simulations in nursing education. Method: We conducted a thorough literature review including related proceedings to identify present issues in use of simulation education in nursing. Result/Conclusion: Simulation education in nursing differs from that in medical science. In nursing education, we need to focus on developing competencies for nursing students, for example, nursing process, nursing skills, and therapeutic communication skills With an increasing number of human patient simulators, we suggest a more careful approach including faculty development, curriculum development, and cost effective strategic planning. We propose a reliable and valid scenario development among nursing faculty as a consortium in the future.

Key Words: Education, Nursing, Patient Simulation