FIU professor teaches nursing students how to intubate an infant through clinical instruction on a pediatric patient simulator in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences’ SimulationCenter.
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Florida International University (FIU) is one of only ten schools in the country chosen by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) to participate in a landmark, national, multi-site study that will determine the optimal use of simulation education scenarios by pre-licensure nursing education programs. Beginning in the fall of 2011, the NCSBN Simulation Study will evaluate 100 incoming nursing students to the FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences (CNHS) from their first day of class through their first year of practice, to determine how and to what extent simulated clinical education enhances nursing comprehension, competence and clinical judgment compared to traditional clinical instruction.
“Having inaugurated a state-of-the-art Simulation Center last year, and with national simulated education experts on our staff as faculty members, the FIU nursing program has already been leading this movement in alternative, cutting-edge preparation for nursing practice and development,” said Dr. Sharon Pontious, interim dean of the FIU CNHS. “We are excited to have been selected for this groundbreaking study as valuable contributors in an effort that will have a bearing on the future of nursing education and instruction in this country.”
The NCSBN Simulation Study aims to:
. Highlight currently known best practices in simulation use;
. Evaluate the learning that occur with various amounts of simulation substituting for clinical hours;
. Establish key simulation standards and learning experiences in each core clinical course during the study; and
. Evaluate new graduates’ ability to translate educational experiences into the workplace
