| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2673467 | Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Simulation has become the innovative method of incorporating clinical and theoretical knowledge and experiences for nursing students. It is essential for educators to offer strategies that develop students' critical-thinking abilities. This experiment used the Health Sciences Reasoning Test to determine if critical-thinking scores improved in the associate degree in nursing student after exposure to multiple clinical simulation scenarios (Facione & Facione. Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT): a test for critical thinking skills for health care professionals. Test manual. Millbrae, CA: The California Academic Press LLC; 2006). Participants were 53 students from the medical-surgical course of an associate degree in nursing program of a college of nursing in the Midwest. Control participants received two simulation scenarios, and experimental participants received five scenarios. As predicted, experimental participants showed a greater increase in critical-thinking scores, demonstrating that simulation can enhance the quality of nursing education providing guaranteed clinical experiences that increase critical-thinking skills, as well as providing high-tech training for nursing students. Implications for nursing education and further research are discussed.
