Reality based scenarios facilitate knowledge network development

Judith Manning
Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of South Australia, City Campus, Adelaide SA

Veronica Broughton
Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, University of South Australia, City Campus, SA

Edwina A McConnell
Independent Nurse Consultant, Madison, Wisconsin; Visiting Professor, School of Nursing, University of South Australia, City Campus, Adelaide SA

PP: 016 - 021

Abstract

The challenge in nursing education is to create a learning environment that enables students to learn new knowledge, access previously acquired information from a variety of disciplines, and apply this newly constructed knowledge to the complex and constantly changing world of practice.

Faculty at the University of South Australia, School of Nursing, City Campus describe the use of reality based scenarios to acquire domain-specific knowledge and develop well connected associative knowledge networks, both of which facilitate theory based practice and the student's transition to the role of registered nurse.

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Keywords

student nurse, nursing knowledge, simulation, nursing laboratory, experiential learning, transition


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