Care on a Continuum: Interactive Role-Playing Scenarios for Undergraduate Women’s Health Students

As nursing schools are continuously challenged to find appropriate clinical sites for their students, instructors are often presented with the opportunity to develop innovative clinical activities to meet course objectives. In response to limited clinical sites for student clinical rotations, an unf...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2015-07, Vol.54 (7), p.416-416
Main Author: Beaird, Genevieve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Communication
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Course Objectives
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Educational Strategies
Females
Fidelity
Humans
Interviews
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing schools
Online Surveys
Opportunities
Patient Education
Patient Simulation
Pregnancy
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Role Playing
Students, Nursing
Teaching - methods
Thinking Skills
United States
Women
Women's Health
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Summary:As nursing schools are continuously challenged to find appropriate clinical sites for their students, instructors are often presented with the opportunity to develop innovative clinical activities to meet course objectives. In response to limited clinical sites for student clinical rotations, an unfolding, role-playing activity was developed, depicting an adolescent patient from the beginning of her first pregnancy throughout her prenatal course, delivery, and post-partum care. Students interacted with this patient through a series of role-playing scenarios, as well as an already existing interprofessional high-fidelity simulation. Students also had the opportunity to play the role of the patient during these case scenarios
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20150617-11