title: Codependency in nursing: using a simulation/gaming teaching method.
abstract: Practicing nurses can benefit by learning to differentiate their caretaking (potentially destructive) from their caregiving (constructive) behaviors, and by learning strategies to facilitate caregiving. A new simulation/game was developed to assist nurses to recognize codependent behaviors in themselves and others and to practice some alternative patterns of behavior. This team-based simulation/game, "The Climb," uses the metaphor of a mountain-climbing expedition. The experiences of the journey promote dynamic insights into the consequences of codependency in the professional and personal lives of the nurse.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Farnsworth
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017004:Codependency, Psychological; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology