title: Improving the process of community-based student nurse practice through a high-fidelity simulated clinical experience.
abstract: Simulation can be used to facilitate knowledge and practice with clients/families in the community. Because student nurses appreciate the opportunity to practice skills in a nonthreatening environment, and faculty welcome the opportunity to observe all students providing a home visit to a similar type of client, the authors developed such a simulation. In this article, they outline the process taken to develop and evaluate a high-fidelity community simulated clinical experience.
authors.affiliation: Author Affilitations: Assistant Professor of Nursing (Dr Gotwals), Moravian College School of Nursing; and Simulation Technology Coordinator, Retired (Ms Yeager), St Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gotwals
authors.forename: Shelley T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Yeager
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology