Simulation-based education improves nursing students' clinical decision-making, judgment, and self-confidence¶
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q2 i? Of fifteen included studies, twelve reported significant improvements in nursing students' clinical decision-making, judgment, or self-confidence, involving over 1,100 participants. → Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi 2025
Evidence¶
Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi 2025¶
Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi. (2025). The impact of clinical simulation on bridging the theory–practice gap in nursing education: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07790-8
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Systematic review of 15 studies (2010–2025) on clinical simulation in nursing education; the review reports "twelve reported significant improvements in nursing students’ clinical decision-making, judgment, or self-confidence". No meta-analysis was possible due to heterogeneity.
"Of the fifteen included studies, twelve reported significant improvements in nursing students’ clinical decision-making, judgment, or self-confidence, involving over 1,100 participants."
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Related Claims¶
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- Very high majorities of students rated high-fidelity simulation as enhancing learning, clinical reasoning, decision-making, and value — related
- Simulation's impact on student reflection remains inconclusive due to limited evidence — related
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