LWW Digital Catalogue 2014

Nu r s i ng Edu ca t i on

vSim for Nursing provides a virtual simulated clinical experience and related learning and reflection activities in the context of nursing curriculum. It is designed to support the development of clinical reasoning skills, competence and confidence in nursing students to bridge the gap between education and practice.

Can I use it to assess student performance? Grade perfomance and offer feedback using an expert authored rubric and a personalised feedback log includes learning resources for further remediation. What are the learning benefits? vSim for Nursing is designed to improve clinical reasoning skills as well as improve learner retention. It can be used independently or in conjunction with simulation lab scenarios.

• Patient-centred Clinical Experience — Many nursing schools have difficulty providing clinical experiences to students due to the lack of simulation or clinical time or facilities, resulting in learners having reduced opportunity to acquire hands-on experience with diverse patient groups. vSim for Nursing offers a patient-centred highly interactive virtual experience shown to improve learner retention when compared to lecture only method • Curriculum Integration — vSim for Nursing not only includes a realistic clinical experience but a range of related learning and reflection actitivities in the context of nursing curricula. Students are guided through preparatory reading, self-assessment, documentation and remediation resources. • Highly Interactive — Each third-person patient scenario in this resource puts the learner in control of the actions performed by a nurse avatar. The patient responds to the learner’s actions and questions, offering feedback.