Effectiveness of Digital Simulation on Student Nurses' Knowledge and Confidence:An Integrative Literature Review.

Digital simulation is an emerging innovation with the potential to address the limitations to traditional clinical simulation. The pandemic has accelerated teaching on digital platforms, which is now embedded in pedagogic practice. This integrative review will evaluate the effectiveness of digital simulation on nursing students' knowledge and/or confidence.

A mixed-methods feasibility study to assess the acceptability and applicability of immersive virtual reality sepsis game as an adjunct to nursing education.

Background: Virtual Reality (VR) simulation has been a topic of interest in recent years as an innovative strategy for healthcare education. Although there are a handful of studies evaluating VR simulation on knowledge, motivation, and satisfaction; there is a paucity of evidence to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability and usability of 'Immersive' VR (IVR) simulation in nursing students.

Objectives: A two-stage sequential mixed-methods feasibility study underpinned by gaming theory investigated; (1) the impact of IVR sepsis game on pre-registration nurses' self-efficacy and, (2) their perceptions of the acceptability and applicability of IVR sepsis game as an adjunct to nursing simulation education.

A review of the use of insulin protocols to maintain normoglycaemia in high dependency patients.

Aim: This paper critically examines the evidence base for and issues involved in the introduction of an insulin protocol to maintain normoglycaemia in patients within a medical/surgical high dependency ward.

Background: A growing body of evidence has linked hyperglycaemia to worsened clinical outcomes. This has led to intravenous insulin protocols becoming a new standard of care in intensive care units.