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Proactive Policy Planning For Unexpected Student Distress During Simulation, Janet Willhaus, Mitzi Averette, Michael Gates, Janet Jackson, Susan Windnagel

Janet Willhaus

Stress reactions resulting from participation in simulation scenarios are seldom reported in the literature but are often informally discussed by simulation faculty seeking guidance to manage the occurrences. Although simulation faculty members often describe events where a single learner’s distress interrupted learning for all involved, no examples of policies to plan for this kind of occurrence are available in the simulation literature. This article offers suggested best practices for identifying and assisting students who exhibit uncontrolled stress in simulation and includes a sample policy for planning.

Headlines From The Nln: Nln-Jonas Scholars Present On Doctoral Education And Preparation For Teaching At National Meeting, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

In October 2013, the 2012–2013 cohort of NLN-Jonas Scholars presented findings from a research project conducted in preparation for the 2013 AACN Student Policy Summit held in Washington, DC. The five scholars asked: “How well are doctoral programs preparing nurses for the faculty roles that will be needed?”

National League For Nursing, Advancing Care Excellence For Veterans: Unfolding Cases, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

An unfolding case is one that evolves over time in a manner that is unpredictable to the learner. New situations develop and are revealed with each encounter. The NLN's Advancing Care Excellence for Veterans cases use the highly regarded unfolding case model developed for the Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) model.

An Updated Review Of Published Simulation Evaluation Instruments, Katie Adamson, Suzan Kardong-Edgren, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

Interest in simulation as a teaching and evaluation strategy in nursing education continues to grow. Mirroring this growth, we have seen a proliferation of instruments designed to evaluate simulation participant performance. This article describes two frameworks for categorizing simulation evaluation strategies and provides a review of recent simulation evaluation instruments. The review focuses on four instruments that have been used extensively in the literature, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE's) including four OSCE instruments, and an extensive list of new instruments for simulation evaluation.

Results Of The National Council Of State Boards Of Nursing National Simulation Survey: Part Ii, Suzan Kardong-Edgren, Janet Willhaus, Deborah Bennett, Jennifer Hayden

Janet Willhaus

Background: The purpose of this article is to report additional data gathered during the National Council of State Boards of Nursing 2010 nationwide simulation survey of 1,729 nursing programs in the United States. It serves as a companion article to the initial survey data reported by Hayden in 2010.

Method: All prelicensure nursing programs in the United States were mailed the survey; 62% of programs (N ¼ 1,060) receiving the survey responded. This article presents respondents’ answers to an additional eight questions about a program’s use of simulation and thoughts on various aspects of simulation, not reported in the first …

Simulation For High-Stakes Evaluation: Letter To The Editor, Mary Rizzolo, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

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Response To Integrating Simulation Into A Foundational Gerontological Nursing Course: Letter To The Editor, Janet Willhaus, Dan Cline

Janet Willhaus

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Interprofessional Education And Healthcare Simulation Symposium, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

Interprofessional Education (IPE) has been recognized by various international professional societies (e.g. World Health Organization and Institute of Medicine) and accreditation organizations as foundational to achieving safe, high quality, accessible, patient-centered care. An Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) formed in 2010 to develop common domains and again in 2011 to define domain competencies for interprofessional education.

Furthermore, in 2012 the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the National League for Nursing (NLN), supported in part by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, collaborated to explore the advancement of IPE and interprofessional practice (IPP) via the instrument of healthcare simulation using the …

A Nursing Perspective On Simulation And Interprofessional Education (Ipe): A Report From The National League For Nursing’S Think Tank On Using Simulation As An Enabling Strategy For Ipe, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

The concept of interprofessional teamwork and education is not new. Health professionals and commissions have been recommending a team approach to health care for decades. In the 1950’s, Silver (1958) supported changes to medical education and advocated for a team approach for preventative and therapeutic family care. In the 1960’s, Szasz (1969) found little integration in learning among the health professions and proposed a plan for how interprofessional education (IPE) might be accomplished. The first Institute of Medicine (IOM) conference in 1972 produced a report that discussed the importance of establishing substantive relationships between educational programs for the health professions …

Interdepartmental Simulation Collaboration In Academia: Exploring Partnerships With Other Disciplines, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

Multidisciplinary collaboration provides opportunities for growth in any simulation program. Simulation coordinators pursuing excellence may find unlikely partners among health care and non–health care professionals. Non-nursing collaborations can offer students, faculty, and simulation coordinators fresh views about simulation in an interdisciplinary climate. Examples of cooperative work with instructors and researchers in radiology, sports medicine, and criminal justice studies are described. Sports medicine students participated in scenarios involving a school-aged child with a spontaneous pneumothorax, a coach who was having a stroke, a pregnant yoga instructor experiencing an asthma attack, and a football player who had been momentarily unconscious after a …