Neve Davison, Karin Stanzel, Karin Hammarberg
The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Australian Women's Capacity to Access and Understand Health Information: A Secondary Analysis of the 2022 National Women's Health Survey
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
concerns arisen internationally competency student nurses perform wound care global shortage nursing faculty clinical practice opportunities regarded contributing factor virtual simulation offers possible solution aim study describe development educational evaluation virtual patient supplement undergraduate learning wound care national league nursing jeffries model informed design media evaluation virtual patient penultimate year nursing students n 148 conducted using survey design findings presented statistical directed content analyses students rated educational value virtual patient support learning highly reported perceived increase confidence ability meet wound care competency outcomes virtual patient also provided students opportunities develop clinical reasoning skills study provides evidence virtual patient simulation effective pedagogy increase clinical competence wound care allows nursing students opportunity practice skills utilise theory repetitively safe environment unhampered lack resources clinical placement availability declining faculty