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Is Simulation the Answer?

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Clinical Skills in Nursing

Part of the book series: Nurse Education in Practice ((NEP))

Abstract

The introduction of Project 2000 curricula (UKCC, 1986) has meant that students of nursing now spend less time (40 per cent of the total as opposed to 60 per cent pre-Project 2000) in a much wider variety of hospital- and community-based clinical placements. As Neary (1997) comments, the practical experience now extends into ‘homes, schools, factories, shops and every community agency even remotely connected to healthcare delivery’ (1997: 46). This, and the large number of students in each cohort to be accommodated, means that students spend less time on placement in hospital wards, where nurses have traditionally learnt or refined most of their clinical skills.

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  1. Maggie Nicol
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London, UK

    Maggie Nicol BSc(Hons), MSc, RGN, DN, PGDip(Ed) (Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills) (Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills)

  2. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, UK

    Sally Glen MA(Ed), MA(Philosophy), DipEd(Lond), DipNEd, DN(Lond), RN, RSCN, RNT (Professor of Nursing Education, Dean) (Professor of Nursing Education, Dean)

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Nicol, M. (1999). Is Simulation the Answer?. In: Nicol, M., Glen, S. (eds) Clinical Skills in Nursing. Nurse Education in Practice . Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14724-3_2

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