title: Clinical Simulation Learning in Critical Care.
abstract: Nurses are expected to master many skills, especially in critical care; thus, competency is crucial. Clinical educators must determine whether nurses who are new to the skill set have attained an acceptable level of achievement in performance; hence, are they capable of providing quality and safe patient care? Simulation learning is used in the hospital setting and largely in academic centers. Strategies include for the instructor to acquire an aspect of abilities and deficits as a basis upon which to create learning experiences that enable nurses to develop essential clinical competence.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina; and American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, California.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hudgins
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*