Awarded 2nd place in the 2024 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Advanced Practice Nursing Category.



Authored by expert simulation researchers, educators, nurse practitioner faculty, and clinicians, A Practical Guide for Nurse Practitioner Faculty Using Simulation in Competency-Based Education looks at topics related to simulation design, development, and implementation for nurse practitioner and other graduate-level nursing programs.



The new educational requirements based on the AACN Essentials and move to competency-based outcomes require nursing graduates to provide documented skill competencies to care for all types of patients in all types of diverse healthcare settings. Whether a graduate is working in acute care, primary care, or within the community, clinical simulations serve as a vital approach to creating student-centered, experiential learning that engages and prepares the graduate for real-world practice.



Once the exception, clinical simulations are becoming more commonplace in nurse practitioner programs. This book supports nurse practitioner faculty as they learn new pedagogy and teaching strategies using clinical simulations. It focuses on developing and preparing nurse educators and superusers of simulations as they create, implement, and evaluate this pedagogy in nurse practitioner education.



Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 State of the Science of Clinical Simulations in NP Education

CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Frameworks for Simulation Design, Development, and Implementation

CHAPTER 3 Competency-Based Nursing Education

CHAPTER 4 Student-Centered Learning in NP Education

CHAPTER 5 Integration of Simulation in the NP Curriculum

CHAPTER 6 Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice(tm) and Nurse Practitioner Education

CHAPTER 7 Attainment of Competency Through Simulation: The ACTS Model

CHAPTER 8 Simulation Operations

CHAPTER 9 Methods and Models for Debriefing in Graduate Clinical Education

CHAPTER 10 Working with Standardized and Simulated Patients

CHAPTER 11 Assessment and Evaluations in Simulation

CHAPTER 12 Simulation to Prepare Nurse Practitioner Students for Role Transition

CHAPTER 13 The Future of Graduate Nurse Practitioner Education: A Case for Simulation