title: Establishment of a hospital-based simulation skills laboratory.
abstract: Today's healthcare environment requires that nurses be prepared for increasingly complex patient populations. Simultaneously, managers and educators are challenged to provide competency verification programs and continuing education opportunities with fewer resources. Hospital clinical educators share a staff development initiative of launching a unique simulation skills laboratory. The laboratory is designed to ensure nurses can meet the needs of patients in today's healthcare arena.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Education & Community Services, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902, USA. susan.winslow@mjh.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winslow
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Aletha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rowlands
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods; D008348:Manikins; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014768:Virginia