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Discussion: Accelerated Care Transitions
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laboratory setting and find clinical education opportunities to reinforce and apply that learning. Programs provide clinical placements across the range of practice settings and across the continuum of care that are safe, supportive, and conducive for groups of students to practice and learn professional roles. Clinical practice opportunities expose students to practice issues such as technological innovations, accelerated care transitions, an unpredictable fastpaced environment, and complex system issues, which are all important in preparing the students for practice following graduation. In addition, clinical practice opportunities provide students with experiences and nursing role models that prepare them for practice in complex, changing healthcare environments.
Simulation experiences augment clinical learning and are complementary to direct care opportunities essential to assuming the role of the professional nurse. Laboratory and simulation experiences provide an effective, safe environment for learning and applying the cognitive and performance skills needed for practice. Realitybased, simulated patient care experiences increase selfconfidence in communication and psychomotor skills, and professional role development. Beginning research supports the use of simulation in nursing education. Nehring, Ellis, and Lashley (2001) describe the use of human patient simulators in nursing education as an excellent tool to measure competency in the application of knowledge and technical skills. Debriefing, or feedback to the students, is as essential for simulation as it is for instruction in the clinical setting (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2005). Simulation is a valuable element of clinical preparation. However, patient care experiences with actual patients form the most important component of clinical education. Over time, as evidence emerges regarding the use of simulation as a substitute for actual patient experience, the balance between actual and simulated patient care may change.
Direct patient care clinical experiences provide valuable opportunities for student learning not found in other experiences. Early learning experiences, including providing care for a limited number of patients, allow students to explore the challenging world of clinical practice.