Analyzing the Utilization of Simulation Within Public Health Nursing: A Systematic Review.

BACKGROUND

Public and community health nursing curriculum falls short in providing an assessment of student achievement through competency-based education. The aim of this evidence-based practice research was to demonstrate a lack of simulation use as a pedagogical means for the assessment of student achievement of community/public health nursing competencies (C/PHN) in prelicensure nursing programs.

SAMPLE

A systematic review yielded 10 articles.

METHOD

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was employed for theme analysis of a systematic review. A crosswalk was created aligning themes from the systematic review to the C/PHN core competencies relevant to public health nursing developed by the Quad Council Coalition (QCC) (2018).

RESULTS

Three themes were identified from the systematic review that aligned with five of the eight domains from the C/PHN. Gaps in clinical and curricular exposure to specific public/community health concepts were identified.

CONCLUSION

Simulation has the potential to incorporate various public health concepts, including those related to social determinants of health.