High-Fidelity Simulation: How Are We Using the Videos?

BackgroundHigh-fidelity simulation equipment offers opportunities for video recordings to be used to enhance the education of student nurses. These videos are often set aside without full consideration of their potential value.MethodTo illustrate multiple uses of video recordings, this article reports a descriptive secondary analysis of video recordings obtained from a larger simulation study. The video recordings of 26 baccalaureate student nurses were examined for behaviors related to safety (washing hands, raising cribside rails, assuring accuracy of intravenous fluids, donning gloves to check the diaper, measuring wound drainage on abdominal dressing).ResultsThe safety behaviors were satisfactorily performed by 34.6% to 84.6% of students.ConclusionThe video recordings effectively highlighted behaviors in need of further teaching and reinforcement for best pediatric practice.