Author Affiliations: Bournemouth University, Bournemouth (Drs Singleton, James, Falconer, and Holley); University Hospitals Dorset, Bournemouth (Ms Penfold); University of Portsmouth, Hampshire (Dr Priego-Hernandez); and Daden Limited, Faraday Wharf, Birmingham Innovation Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Mr Burden).
Comput Inform Nurs. 2021 Jul 8;39(11):675-681. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000787.
Recent nurse education pedagogical strategies are starting to embrace the use of virtual patient simulations in higher education settings. This study evaluated student, simulation technician, and lecturer perspectives on student performance after virtual training for care of a deteriorating diabetic patient. Second year nursing students learned using a virtual patient simulation, which was a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial that took place during the academic year 2017-2018. Group and individual interviews were conducted comprising the 21 staff and students involved in the virtual reality simulation in four individual lecture sessions. Five themes emerged from this study: engagement, immersion, confidence, knowledge, and challenges. Student participants found that the virtual reality exercise aided their understanding of the complex concepts associated with hypoglycemia, provided immediate feedback about their clinical decisions, could be completed multiple times, and provided more opportunities for safe practice, complimenting their ward and clinical skills experiences. Simulation technicians and lecturing staff also recognized these benefits but identified challenges, including time and cost constraints. We recommend further research into potential benefits and challenges, including likely consequences of increased use of virtual reality technologies for nurse education curriculum design.
最近，护士教育的教学策略开始在高等教育环境中采用虚拟患者模拟。本研究评估了学生、模拟技术员和讲师对经过虚拟培训后护理恶化糖尿病患者的学生表现的看法。二年级护理学生使用虚拟患者模拟进行学习，这是 2017-2018 学年期间进行的一项随机对照试验的后续行动。在四个单独的讲座中，对涉及虚拟现实模拟的 21 名员工和学生进行了小组和个人访谈。本研究产生了五个主题：参与度、沉浸感、信心、知识和挑战。学生参与者发现，虚拟现实练习有助于他们理解与低血糖相关的复杂概念，为他们的临床决策提供即时反馈，可以多次完成，并提供更多安全实践的机会，补充他们病房和临床技能的经验。模拟技术员和讲师人员也认识到了这些好处，但也指出了挑战，包括时间和成本限制。我们建议进一步研究潜在的好处和挑战，包括增加使用虚拟现实技术对护士教育课程设计可能产生的后果。
