Study Results
Results of Phase I
Results from the National Survey of Simulation Use in Prelicensure Nursing Programs, representing nursing programs in all 50 states, have been published in the Journal of Nursing Regulation. Hayden, J. (2010). Use of Simulation in Nursing Education: National Survey Results. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 1(3): 52-57.An additional analysis of the survey’s open–ended responses was conducted and these results have been published in Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Kardong-Edgren, S., Willhaus, J., Bennett, D., Hayden, J. (2012). Results of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Simulation Survey: Part II. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 8(4), e117-e123.
Results of Phases II and III
The results of the study will be presented on August 13, 2014 at the NCSBN Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.A full report of the research study and results of the multi-site, randomized study of simulation during the nursing program and the results of the follow-up study on how well the students were prepared for clinical practice will be published in a special supplement of the Journal of Nursing Regulation available August, 2014.
Results from the first year of data collected from the cohort of study participants and clinical faculty were presented for the first time at the NCSBN Scientific Symposium, September 11, 2012 in Arlington, VA.
For additional information on the study, please contact Jennifer Hayden, project director, simulationstudy@ncsbn.org