An obstetric simulation experience in an undergraduate nursing curriculum.
Educators face the dilemma of conveying didactic information in concise, creative ways that evoke critical thinking. In addition, high patient acuity, coupled with a growing nursing shortage, requires assimilation of didactic knowledge into sound clinical judgment in a timely manner. Human simulation offers a creative teaching modality that allows transference of textbook knowledge into a real-life situation where nursing students can function in their role without untoward effects to their clients. The author illustrates the use of a human birthing simulator, Noelle, in an undergraduate nursing program as a creative and effective teaching strategy.
Robertson
Bethany
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Family and Community Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. bdrober@emory.edu
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000451:nursing; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000451:nursing*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000451:nursing; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000451:nursing*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States