title: Simulation to enhance care of patients with psychiatric and behavioral issues: use in clinical settings.
abstract: Nurses with a medical-surgical clinical focus often care for patients with psychiatric and behavioral issues in acute care hospitals. This article describes how hospital staff and nursing and theater department faculty joined forces to develop realistic simulated psychiatric scenarios for use by practicing nurses.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL 35205-1210, USA.
authors.forename: Joan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Norman L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Keltner
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eagerton
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D016544:Patient Simulation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*