title: Multiple-patient simulations: guidelines and examples.
abstract: Multiple-patient simulations may be used to promote the development of leadership skills as well as patient care management. Multiple-patient simulations create opportunities that mimic real interactions encountered in clinical practice. In addition to promoting the development of these essential skills among students, these simulations also meet the needs of new graduate nurses. The purpose of this article is to provide educators with guidelines on how to create and implement a multiple-patient simulation and examples for application.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Horsley), Program Director for Clinical Simulation (Ms Bensfield), and Assistant Professor (Dr Sojka), Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood; and Coordinator of Transition-to-Practice Program and Clinical Nurse Educator (Ms Schmitt), Education Department, Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
authors.forename: Trisha Leann
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Horsley
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bensfield
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sojka
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmitt
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology