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