Student Nurse Simulation: Preparedness for the Care of People Living with Dementia – A Review
AUTHORS
Rachel Price,Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, Brooks Building, Birley Fields Campus 53 Bonsall Street, Manchester M15 6GX, UK
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
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