An Overview of Simulation Games and Comments on their Use in Baccalaureate Nursing Education

Abstract

A myriad of sociological and technological changes have shaped the development of nursing education, and current concerns are related to problems of supply and demand for nurses, changes in nursing roles and functions, and changes in nursing education programs. One of the current concerns in baccalaureate nursing education is the effective use of the clinical laboratory. Part of this concern stems from the complaints of employers who feel that baccalaureate graduates lack basic clinical competence, presumably because of abbreviated clinical experience (Hurd, 1979); and part stems from changes in nursing curricula away from a focus on separate subjects.