Simulation Resources

Simulation Books:

Jeffries, P.R. (Ed.).(2012). Simulations in nursing education: From conceptualization to evaluation (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The National League for Nursing.

Jeffries, P.R. (Ed.). (2013). Clinical simulations in nursing education: Advanced concepts, trends, and opportunities. New York, NY: The National League for Nursing.

Palaganas, J., Maxworthy, J., Epps, C., and Mancini, M.E.(2015). Defining Excellence in Simulation Programs, Philadelphia: PA, Lippincott, Williams/Wilkins.

Simulation Debriefing Articles:

Dreifuerst, K. (2015). Getting started with debriefing for meaningful learning. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, In press.

Eppich, W., Cheng, A. (2015). Promoting excellence and reflective learning in simulation. Simulation in Healthcare, 10, 106-115.

Rudolph, J., Simon, R., Raemer, D., Eppich, W. (2008). Debriefing as formative assessment: Closing performance gaps in medical education. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15, 1010-1016.

Dreifuerst, K. (2012). Using debriefing for meaningful learning to foster development of clinical reasoning in simulation. Journal of Nursing Education, 51(6), 326-333.

Morse, C. J. "The Effect of Debriefing with Good Judgment on Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students' Reflective Ability and Perspective Transformation." Villanova University, 2012. United States -- Pennsylvania: ProQuest. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

Rudolph, J., Simon, R., Rivard, P., Dufresne, R., Raemer, D. (2007). Debriefing with good judgment: Combining rigorous feedback with genuine inquiry. Anesthesia Clinics, 26(2), 361-376.

Rudolph, J., Simon, R., Rivard, P., Dufresne, R., Raemer, D. (2006). There’s no such thing as “nonjudgmental debriefing”: A theory and method for debriefing with good judgment. Simulation in Healthcare, 1(1), 49-55.

Simulation Articles (General)

Jefferies, P.R., Dreifuerst, K.T, Kardong-Edgren, S., & Hayden, J (2015). Faculty Development When Initiating Simulation Programs: Lesson Learned From the National Simulation Study. Journal of Nursing Regulation,5 (4), 17–23.

Alexander, M., et al. (2015). NCSBN Guidelines for Prelicensure Nursing Program. Journal of Nursing Regulation,6 (3), 39–42.

Debriefing Evaluation Tools

Reed, S. J. (2012). Debriefing experience scale: Development of a tool to evaluate the

student learning experience in debriefing. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 8(6), e211-e217.

doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2011.11.002.

DASH tools from Harvard. To use these tools, you need to contact them and let them know how you are using them. They may want to hear about your data after you use them.

Long version- student evaluating simulation and facilitator-

Short version- student evaluating simulation and facilitation-

Evaluation of facilitator by a peer – long version

Short version

Simulation Web links

Simulation and Innovation Resource Center (SIRC):

The Simulation Innovation and Resource Center (SIRC) project is a collaborative alliance between the NLN and Laerdal Medical. The project purpose is to develop a community of nurse educators who can effectively use simulation to promote and evaluate student learning and who dialogue with one another in an effort to advance simulation in nursing education. SIRC courses prepare nurse educators to design, implement, and evaluate the use of simulations in nursing education.

Society for Simulation Healthcare:

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) seeks to improve performance and reduce errors in patient care through the use of simulation. SSH offers multiple certifications designed to foster the improvement and application of simulation–based modalities such as human patient simulators, virtual reality, standardized patients and task trainers.

Certifications include:

Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE):

Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced (CHSE-A):

Certified Healthcare Simulations Operations Specialist (CHSOS):

SIMEd

SimEd aims to provide high-quality resources for Clinicians, Educators, Students, Technicians and Simulated Patients who are engaged in simulation-based education and training.

International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL):

INACSL’s mission is to promote research and disseminate evidence based practice standards for clinical simulation methodologies and learning environments. INACSL has operationalized its mission by developing standards for simulation practice.

INACSL/AACN FREE Simulation Webinar Recordings:

Each year INACSL collaborates with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to provide several free webinars focusing on INACSL'S Standards of Best Practice: SimulationSM.

Healthcare Simulation Accreditation:

SSH Accreditation of Healthcare Simulation Programs:

SSH Accreditation is a peer-reviewed, customized evaluation of your healthcare simulation program. This accreditation examines simulation program's processes and outcomes in assessment, research, teaching/education, and systems integration.

University of South Dakota – Simulation Scenarios

Montgomery College - Maryland Nursing Simulation Scenario Library

University of Washington HEET V Nursing Simulation Scenarios

  • Free scenarios-
  • Teaching with simulation- novice level faculty-

Massachusetts Nursing Initiative Simulation Scenario Library

Geriatric Clinical Simulation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Thepurpose of the Center for Geriatric Clinical Simulationis to disseminate innovative, evidence-based clinical simulations involving older adults, focusing on the educational needs of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants. Simulations cover scenarios ranging from acute exacerbations of chronic conditions to sentinel events, such as falls. Select clinical simulations incorporate interdisciplinary content that facilitates communication between nurses and physicians. These cases are FREE but the user has to register and generate a login. There are 18 cases common to the geriatric patient leveled for RN, LPN and NA

The NLN collaborated with Laerdal Medical and Wolters Kluwer Health on the development of vSim for Nursing to help students build confidence and preparedness for practice. This innovative line of teaching resources provides solutions for a range of content areas. Each product features 10 virtual patient simulation scenarios, authored by the NLN, that allowsstudents to access curriculum resources and practice patient-centered care for a variety of case studies.