Developing simulation games to advance public health nursing competence in baccalaureate education |
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| Authors: | Ruth Schofield RN MSc |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;2. School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada;3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada;4. Applied Science, School of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;5. Reproductive & Child Health, Public Health Services, Healthy Families Division, City of Hamilton, Healthy and Safe Communities Department, Hamilton, ON, Canada;6. School of Nursing (retired), St. Lawrence College, Brockville, ON, Canada;7. School of Nursing, Reznick Scholar, Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;8. Academic Coordinator, Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Calgary, AB, Canada;9. Clinical Placement Coordinator, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;10. Associate Dean Academic Faculty of Human and Social Development, Teaching Professor, School of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada;11. School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada;12. Public Health Nurse, Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, ON, Canada;13. School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
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| Abstract: | We describe the development of an innovative baccalaureate nursing education strategy for public health nursing. Virtual simulation pedagogy is known to be effective for acute care nursing practice while less known for public health nursing. Three Canadian nursing schools, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), and the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim) partnered to develop three public health nursing virtual simulation games. Learners work through unfolding population health scenarios, simulating public health nursing practice focused on entry level public health nursing competencies. Each game fosters clinical reasoning and collaborative, community decision-making to respond to population health issues during community assessment, evidence-informed health promotion planning, and evaluation processes. A companion guide was developed to support best practices in implementing virtual simulation and promote optimum student learning using the public health nursing games. |
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| Keywords: | baccalaureate nursing education community games population health public health simulation virtual |
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