- Title
- Nurse educator knowledge, attitude and skills towards using high-fidelity simulation : a study in the vocational education sector
- Creator
- Akhter, Zainab; Malik, Gulzar; Plummer, Virginia
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/176565
- Identifier
- vital:15135
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103048
- Identifier
- ISBN:1471-5953 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- High-fidelity simulation has become an essential educational approach in nurse education globally. Several studies have explored the experience of undergraduate nursing students and educators with high-fidelity simulation; however, none have explored the experience of students in the vocational educational sector. The aim of the study was to explore nurse educators’ knowledge, attitude and skills toward using high-fidelity simulation in the setting of vocational education. An anonymous on-line survey design was conducted at three campuses of a major Australian Technical and Further Education vocational education setting. Forty-eight nurse educators teaching into Diploma of Nursing program for at least six months were invited to participate, 29 participated in the study, a response rate of 60%. Participants expressed lack of knowledge in managing technological issues, simulation facilitation procedures and conducting scenarios. Most participants had positive attitude towards high-fidelity simulation and rated their skills as ‘novice’. An urgent need for nurse educator training was identified to enhance knowledge and skills in technical and scenario management of high-fidelity simulation. A program of supportive mentoring by nurse educator mentors experienced in high-fidelity simulation, engaging with existing simulation associations, will enhance and sustain nurse educator knowledge, attitude and skills in a protected environment further, so that they can optimise training they provide to students for safe quality care of patients in the future. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- Nurse Education in Practice Vol. 53, no. (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright @ 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Education; High-fidelity simulation training; Nurse education; Survey research; Vocational education
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