Develop, Sustain, and Evaluate the Training of Simulation Educators: An Exploratory Longitudinal Study.

Background: Developing the competency of simulation educators is critical for optimizing learner outcomes. Yet guidelines on how to sustain received simulation training and evaluate training programs are limited.

Purpose: To examine the impact of a professional development workshop (PDW) aimed at individuals responsible for developing, sustaining, and evaluating simulation educator training programs.

Formal Training Efforts to Develop Simulation Educators: An Integrative Review.

Formal training for educators who use simulation-based education (SBE) is required by standards of best practice, simulation guidelines, regulatory, and accrediting bodies. Training efforts to establish educator competency for SBE are being offered. However, a systematic review of this body of literature has yet to be conducted.

INACSL Standards of Best Practice for Simulation: Past, Present, and Future.

Aim: To describe the historical evolution of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning's (INACSL) Standards of Best Practice: Simulation.

Background: The establishment of simulation standards began as a concerted effort by the INACSL Board of Directors in 2010 to provide best practices to design, conduct, and evaluate simulation activities in order to advance the science of simulation as a teaching methodology.

Method: A comprehensive review of the evolution of INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation was conducted using journal publications, the INACSL website, INACSL member survey, and reports from members of the INACSL Standards Committee.

Using the concept of family strengths to enhance nursing care.

This article was written to help nurses better understand the family strengths framework and encourage them to incorporate family strengths into the nursing care they give. In times of stress or crisis for families, nurses can use the conceptual framework of family strengths as a mechanism to promote strong, healthy relationships. The family strengths perspective identifies and builds on positive attributes in family functioning.

Simulated clinical experience: nursing students' perceptions and the educators' role.

Simulation with high-fidelity technology is an innovative and effective teaching strategy to address increasing student enrollment, faculty shortages, and limited clinical sites. This interactive learning method allows the educator to focus on desired content and teach multiple objectives. This study examines students' perceptions of a preterm labor simulated clinical experience as a method of instruction, emphasizing the importance of the educators' role in promoting positive student outcomes.

Effects of high-risk pregnancies on families.

Purpose: To examine the psychosocial impact a high-risk pregnancy has on the family and to identify family strengths and how these strengths help families meet the challenges inherent in high-risk pregnancies.

Study Design And Method: A descriptive study using naturalistic inquiry was used to interview women who were currently pregnant and had differing high-risk obstetric health issues. Data collection for this study included semi-structured, one-on-one audiotaped interviews, observations, and a biographic profile completed by the participant.