Nursing educators are increasingly utilizing high-fidelity simulation to provide realistic educational experiences to prepare students to enter the workforce. High-fidelity simulation is utilized with the belief when students encounter real-life patients they will be more confident in their ability to care for them. This quantitative study examined the effects of high-fidelity simulation on senior nursing students perceived self-efficacy and perceived practice readiness. The sample (N=48) consisted of senior associate degree nursing students at a community college in the Southeast. The findings showed high-fidelity simulation had a positive effect on students perceived self-efficacy and perceived practice readiness at certain points in the study, while other times not demonstrating a positive correlation. Implications for use of simulation as a teaching strategy in nursing education and recommendations for future research were proposed.

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The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the effects of high-fidelity simulation on the knowledge of second semester associate degree nursing students at a small community college. The research question addressed was: Does high-fidelity simulation increase the knowledge level of second semester ADN students? Researcher developed pre and post tests were used to measure the effects of the simulation on the students' knowledge level. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Version 19. Findings revealed a significant difference between the scores of the pre-test and the scores of the post-tests. The results of this study supported the use of the Nursing Education Simulation Framework (Jeffries, 2007) and identified the need for further research in a larger geographical area with multiple community colleges for a larger sample size.

Today's health care environment requires competent staff that can care for patients' consistently changing conditions. High fidelity simulation is important to nurse clinical educators as an alternate method to provide experiences that assimilate, expand, and enhance their self-confidence. National League for Nursing states that nurses' self-confidence improves the performance level in life saving conditions (National League for Nursing, 2013). The problem statement of this Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) project was the following: It is not known to what extent using high fidelity simulation in adult cardiac life support (ACLS) renewal courses increase the self-confidence of nursing staff. The purpose of this quantitative project was to determine if high fidelity simulation increases nurses' confidence level while performing ACLS. The clinical question was the following: Does using high fidelity simulation in ACLS renewal classes increase nursing staff's confidence level and improve their performance at work? The theoretical foundation for this project incorporated Benner's Novice to Expert model. The design of this DPI project was a pre- and post- survey. A paired t-test was used to analyze the data. The population was 64 registered nurses who self-enrolled for an ACLS class using simulation. Statistical findings of this project suggest that high fidelity simulation increases the self-confidence level of the nurses.