title: Development of simulation scenarios for an adolescent patient with diabetic ketoacidosis.
abstract: Changes in health care delivery have shifted the care of pediatric patients primarily to the outpatient setting, with the exception of children and adolescents requiring complex, highly acute care. Thus, nurse educators are challenged to provide nursing students with pediatric learning experiences and are further confounded by the relative paucity of available clinical placements. Nurse educators are exploring the use of simulation to provide realistic alternatives to pediatric clinical experiences. The development of simulation scenarios focused on the care of an adolescent patient presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis is discussed. A review of the current literature addressing the use of simulation in nursing education and the advantages and challenges of designing, implementing, and evaluating simulation scenarios are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospiytal of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. sarver@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Schneider Sarver
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Senczakowicz
authors.forename: Bernadette Murphy
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Slovensky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000451:nursing*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D016544:Patient Simulation; D012381:Role Playing; D012720:Severity of Illness Index