title: Collaborative hospital orientation: simulation as a teaching strategy.
abstract: For nurses, the stress caused by entering a new place of employment may give rise to insecurity and a lack of confidence. Lack of confidence in one's nursing skills can affect performance and, ultimately, patient care and safety. In healthcare, growing fiscal constraints have resulted in lost resources, and support for new nursing staff is limited by both time and cost considerations. Clinical educators therefore must find innovative ways to provide education and support, including creative learning modalities that facilitate nurses' transition into a new role and work environment.
authors.affiliation: Karilyn Lamers, RN, BScN, Clinical Nurse Educator, Medicine Program, London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital.
authors.forename: Karilyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamers
authors.affiliation: Lisa Janisse, RN, BScN, Clinical Nurse Educator, Medicine Program, London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital/University Hospital.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Janisse
authors.affiliation: Gail Brown, BSc, BEd(AE), MLT, Clinical Learning Laboratory Specialist, Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, ON.
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Carol Butler, RN, MScN, MEd, Professor & Coordinator of Simulation Learning Labs, Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, ON.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.affiliation: Barb Watson, RN, MN, Clinical Nurse Educator, Medicine Program, London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital.
authors.forename: Barb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D009864:Ontario; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011231:Preceptorship; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement