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Why our Sim Patients are not Standardized Patients.
We've had many questions about why we do not use standardized patients (SPs) in our integrated simulations. Some think this is because of...

Connie Ayers
May 1, 20244 min read
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Teamwork
When you think of teamwork in a simulation, you think teamwork among students, right? In our 48- and 72-hour continuous integrated sims,...

Connie Ayers
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Do We Have Blinders On?
In a recent paper, A Crisis in Competency: A Defining Moment in Nursing Education, Kavanaugh & Sharpnack (2021) discussed their concerns...

Connie Ayers
Jan 7, 20227 min read
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Been There, Doing That: Our Nursing Integrated Sim
I've been reviewing the AACN's new document, The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, which is just out this...

Connie Ayers
Apr 28, 20213 min read
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Why Night Shift in our Sims?
I get this question pretty frequently. Couldn't you just do your sim during the day and not include night shift? We could. But, you will...

Connie Ayers
Jul 30, 20193 min read
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Are We Teaching the Practice of Nursing or Something Else?
I recently read with much interest a paper by Yancey (2019) who discussed concerns related to the emphasis on evidence-based practice...

Connie Ayers
Apr 11, 20193 min read
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Space Shuttle simulations could run for days; so should nursing simulations.
It's very good to see that nursing faculty are going beyond the traditional single-patient, high fidelity human patient simulator...

Connie Ayers
Jan 30, 20194 min read
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Critical Thinking or Task Training--What are we trying to achieve with simulation?
Nursing education has bought into high-fidelity human patient simulator-based training. Grants from simulator companies and educational...

Connie Ayers
Aug 22, 20184 min read
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What is Minimum Competency?
Our integrated multi-patient simulations are designed to integrate learning from the nursing curriculum; and, as a result, provide a...

Connie Ayers
Jun 20, 20185 min read
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Welcome to the ScholarSim Blog!
Welcome to our blog! In our blog we will introduce you to SCHOLAR: Simulating Clinical and Hospital Learning for Accelerated Readiness....

Connie Ayers
Apr 7, 20181 min read
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