Using simulation to promote nursing students’ learning of work organization and people management skills: A case-study

Simulation is becoming widely used in nurse education. However, reports concerning its use focus almost exclusively on describing experiences with high-fidelity manikin simulation used to teach students a range of psychomotor skills and clinical procedures. Simulation has enormous potential as a learning tool and can provide much more than just a basis for safely learning clinical skills. This paper gives a case-study of use of a simulation exercise that is designed to develop nursing students’ work organization and people management skills. It also discusses student evaluation of the simulation exercise. Student engagement with this type of simulation and their feedback suggest that skills obtained during the simulation are transferable into and valuable for their clinical placements.