Currently, there are more than 39 million people in the United States that are age 65 years or older. This number includes over 2.4 million people who openly identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. As the baby boomer generation continues to age, caregivers for LGBTQ elders need to be sensitive to the concerns and history of LGBTQ ...
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Once standardized patients (SPs) have been recruited into your program, the next steps include casting, scripting, and, finally, of course, the actual simulation ...
One of the challenges for nursing and healthcare education programs that want to use simulation scenarios is deciding whether or not to use standardized patients (also called standardized participants or simulated patients, and referred to here as SPs going forward).
Each year, five to 20 percent of U.S. residents catch the flu, and many will seek care in healthcare settings such as pediatrician offices, urgent-care centers, doctor's offices, and even emergency rooms. More than 200,000 people will be hospitalized because of influenza-related complications.
1. From Exhausted to Extraordinary: Strategies to Reverse Nurse Fatigue by Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, CMSRN ...
Simulation in Healthcare Education
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