title: A nurse extern simulation experience through an innovative hospital-college partnership.
abstract: Nursing students in Gwinnett Hospital System's summer Nurse Extern Program participated in an innovative initiative that promoted critical thinking, prioritization, and teamwork. A collegial partnership between the Gwinnett Hospital System Learning Resources Department and the Georgia Perimeter College Department of Nursing used simulation as a patient care teaching methodology. Simulation may be one methodology that hospital-college partnerships can pursue in developing and achieving nursing excellence in future nurses.
authors.affiliation: Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, USA. lhorst@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org
authors.forename: Linda Joyce
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Horst
authors.forename: Diane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Diwana H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011340:Problem Solving; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*