Health professional students' self-reported emotions during simulation-based education: An interpretive descriptive study.

Aim: This study aimed to explore active students' experiences of emotions during simulation-based education (SBE) sequences when a simulation was performed as a part of formal curriculum in natural educational settings and to consider the practical educational implications of the findings.

Background: An SBE approach is used widely in nursing education. Emotions are necessary for learning to take place and some of these can prevent or promote learning.