Imogene: A Simulation Innovation to Teach Community Health Nursing

Although simulation is well established as a method to teach skills and concepts related to the acute care setting, we propose that educators begin to expand their thinking of the use of simulation to engage students in learning community health course content. This article demonstrates how medium-fidelity and low-fidelity simulation can be used in theory courses to introduce broad community health nursing concepts to junior and senior students, including social justice, harm reduction, activism, and social determinants of health. We share this simulation innovation and invite others to explore incorporating this innovation into their own classroom settings.