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“It felt real”: Nursing students’ experiences of mental health simulation utilizing service users as standardized patients
Background
Involving service users as standardized patients in mental health simulation enhances the authenticity of learning and fosters recovery-oriented, person-centered nursing values. This study explored nursing students’ experiences of a simulation involving a person with lived experience of mental illness as a standardized patient.
Methods
A simulation scenario depicting a patient with schizophrenia who refused medication due to delusions and auditory hallucinations was implemented. A trained service user acted as a standardized patient. Eighty-nine fourth-year nursing students participated and submitted written reflections. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis.
Results
Three main themes emerged: (a) learning effectiveness enhanced by realistic situations, (b) challenges arising from unfamiliar and innovative instructional approaches, and (c) growing a caring attitude. Reflections revealed increased empathy toward individuals with mental illness, strengthening students’ commitment to compassionate care.
Conclusion
Involving service users as standardized patients in mental health simulations can bridge the gap between theoretical learning and real-world practice, enriching mental health nursing education.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Simulation in Nursing is an international, peer reviewed journal published online monthly. Clinical Simulation in Nursing is the official journal of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL) and reflects its mission to advance the science of healthcare simulation.
We will review and accept articles from other health provider disciplines, if they are determined to be of interest to our readership. The journal accepts manuscripts meeting one or more of the following criteria:
Research articles and literature reviews (e.g. systematic, scoping, umbrella, integrative, etc.) about simulation
Innovative teaching/learning strategies using simulation
Articles updating guidelines, regulations, and legislative policies that impact simulation
Leadership for simulation
Simulation operations
Clinical and academic uses of simulation.