title: Safe practice: using high-fidelity simulation to teach blood transfusion reactions.
abstract: High-fidelity simulation can play an important role in educating novice nurses for a challenging health care environment by fostering their confidence levels in recognizing high-risk, low-incident events. This paper reports on a quality improvement project to increase student nurses' knowledge and skills in caring for clients receiving blood transfusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. dprentice@brocku.ca
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oʼrourke
mesh_terms: D002624:Chemistry, Clinical; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013338:Students, Nursing; D065227:Transfusion Reaction