Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2647076 | Clinical Simulation in Nursing | 2010 | 7 Pages |
BackgroundThis novel nurse residency program extensively used human patient simulation to assist recent nurse graduates in becoming safe and competent clinicians.MethodNovice nurses practiced clinical skills and developed competencies using scenario-based simulations specifically designed to replicate urgent clinical situations.ResultsThe use of human patient simulators and simulated scenarios rapidly increased the competencies of the nurse residents and their confidence and self-assessed readiness to provide care to patients, as well as decreasing length of orientation and rate of turnover.ConclusionNurse residency programs integrating simulation offer a consistent, replicable orientation process and support the ability to evaluate competency development, provide standardized experiences and evaluation, and detect and remediate learning needs.