Using the human patient simulator to foster critical thinking in critical situations.

Nurs Educ Perspect

Department of Nursing, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey, USA.

Published: June 2009

New registered nurses are expected to utilize critical thinking when providing care to their patients, especially in critical situations. Using mini-scenarios on the human patient simulator, faculty members can foster critical thinking and expose students to critical situations in a nonthreatening environment. An example of one such scenario, using an oncology patient with hypercalcemia and ventricular tachycardia, is outlined in the article.

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