The Lesson Learned from the Use of Standardized Patients in Simulation: Family and Community Health Nursing 1 Course

Abstract

          Standardized patients in simulation can be used as teaching method to promote student’s knowledge, nursing, analytical thinking, and decision-making skills as well as non-technical skills such as teamwork and communication skills. For Family and Community Health Nursing 1 Couse in the Family nursing topic, Jeffries simulation framework was applied in three phases: 1) Pre-briefing phase 2) Simulation phase and 3) Debriefing phase. The simulation was designed based on patients’ home environment and living context. In Simulation phase, students had a chance to interact with standardized patient to apply nursing process including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation into practice. From the lessons learned of using standardized patients in simulation, students had a chance to apply nursing process into practice. They could develop communication and teamwork skills, built up their self-confidence and could provide appropriated care for family. Students had positive attitude toward learning. They could learn from other mistakes and their own and know how to improve their nursing care in the future.