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Exploring Gen Z Nursing Students’ Experience And Emotional Processing In Simulation: A Grounded Theory Study, Wendy Matthew
Exploring Gen Z Nursing Students’ Experience And Emotional Processing In Simulation: A Grounded Theory Study, Wendy Matthew
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Simulation is an integral teaching methodology used within current nursing curricula. The goal of simulation is to promote learning, develop clinical judgment and reasoning, and ultimately improve patient care. However, some factors can disrupt the goals of the simulation learning experience. Students may experience uncomfortable emotional responses, such as anxiety, during simulation events, which impairs students' thinking processes leading to decreased learning, poor performance, an inability to assess knowledge, and potentially prohibits the transfer of knowledge to practice. Over 90% of the general Generation Z (Gen Z) population report uncomfortable emotions such as stress and anxiety. Simulation is used in …