Using Simulation to Improve Communication Skills.

Nurs Clin North Am

SIMPL Simulation, LLC 10807 Falls Road, 694, Brooklandville, MD 21022, USA.

Published: September 2024

Ineffective communication is implicated in 80% of medical errors, costing the United States approximately $12 billion annually. Teaching communication skills is a component of nursing curricula linked to improved patient outcomes. Simulation-based experience (SBE) is a strategy for healthcare professionals to learn communication skills. Providing nurses with the ability to practice nurse-nurse, nurse-physician, nurse-patient, and team communication skills in a psychologically safe learning environment provides an opportunity for skill development and meaningful self-reflection. The multiple modalities for SBE support needed communication techniques for skill development and acquisition to improve patient outcomes.

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