title: Using online simulation in child health nurse education.
abstract: It is easy to underestimate the complexity of nursing care. Child health nursing students are expected to apply theory to practice and gain competence in a variety of settings. The development of a virtual ward allows the nursing student to practise caring for a child with a fever in the safety of the student's home environment or computer laboratory using learning techniques that help them question their own awareness and the care they have witnessed in the clinical environment. This article explores the development of this simulation and the results of the student evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Cardiff.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broom
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Preece
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017144:Focus Groups; D009862:Online Systems; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*