Date of Award
Summer 2021
Document Type
Project – Manuscript
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Committee Chair
Ashley Isaac-Dockery
Abstract
Background Evidence is lacking for support in the use of virtual simulation as a viable alternative for experiential learning and enhancing satisfaction, self-efficacy, and learning.
Problem Virtual simulation activities can provide opportunities for nursing students outside of clinical sites. In prelicensure nursing education, how does the development of a virtual simulation compare to traditional nursing education and does virtual simulation enhance student satisfaction, self-efficacy, and learning?
Approach A non-experimental descriptive design was used to examine attitudes of prelicensure nursing students related to perceived satisfaction, self-efficacy, and learning following a virtual simulation in place of a clinical site experience.
Outcomes Nursing students indicated a moderately high perception of self-efficacy and a high degree of satisfaction with learning using a virtual simulation activity. Self-confidence with learning was slightly above average.
Conclusions Outcomes support virtual simulation as a desirable option for learning and contributes to nursing knowledge regarding use of alternative methods to enhance satisfaction and self-confidence in learning.
Recommended Citation
Lane, Lawone J., "Enhancing Learning and Self-Efficacy with Virtual Simulation" (2021). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 26.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/nursing-dnp/26
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