Student Nurse Simulation: Preparedness for the care of people living with dementia - A review

Price, Rachel

Abstract

Pre-registration nursing simulation promotes learning in an environment that replicates clinical practice and provides an opportunity for nursing students to gain experience prior to professional registration. Simulation is widely used in Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) as a way of developing student nurses’ skills, knowledge and attitudes in an environment that allows for error, where patients are not exposed to risk. With the challenges being faced by HEI’s in finding clinical placements for pre-registration nursing students, simulation is an effective method of addressing the theory practice gap, whilst enabling student nurses to gain valuable experience in preparation for registered nursing practice. One area that is under utilised in simulation activity for pre registrant nurses is dementia care, with many HEI’s not delivering specific dementia simulation learning and having little dementia care included on curriculums. With the increasing numbers of people living with dementia accessing health and social care services this article explores nursing simulation and its role in preparing student nurses for care of people living with dementia.

Keywords: Dementia, Simulation, Pre-registration Nursing, Higher education institutions, Preparedness, Clinical skills

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 9, 2023
• Publication Date: Jul 2, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 24, 2025
• Journal: International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research
• Electronic ISSN: 2207-3159
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.21742/IJANER.2023.8.1.04