A minority of nursing students report negative emotional responses to virtual simulation teaching, including fear, anxiety, and burnout¶
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q2 i? A small portion of students reported fear, anxiety, and burnout in VS teaching, stemming from unfamiliarity with virtual scenarios and lack of proficiency with the technology. → Zhang Guoyong 2026
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Zhang Guoyong 2026¶
Zhang Guoyong, Sun Xianghong, Yang Dan, Shao Qinwen. (2026). Nursing students’ experiences in virtual simulation teaching: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1863553
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Synthesized negative-experience finding from the meta-synthesis; students worried their clumsiness with unfamiliar VS technology might cause operational errors, and prolonged VS learning gradually led to boredom, per one student quote about fearing new technologies.
"However, a small portion of students reported that VS teaching induced feelings of fear and anxiety and burnout. These emotions primarily stemmed from the unfamiliarity with the unknown experiences presented by the virtual scenarios"
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Related Claims¶
- The vast majority of nursing students report positive emotional experiences in virtual simulation teaching, including excitement, reduced psychological burden, and boosted confidence — reports the opposite
- The most frequently reported challenge of virtual simulation teaching is its lack of realism, alongside operational complexity, English-language demands, cultural mismatch, and adverse physical reactions — related
- Learners valued safe, repeatable, nonjudgmental AI practice environments that reduced anxiety and bridged the theory-practice gap — related
- A JBI meta-synthesis of 17 qualitative studies integrates nursing students' virtual simulation experiences into nine categories and four synthesized findings — a broader claim this one bears on
- Students performed not as well and experienced higher levels of anxiety if the language of the virtual simulation was not in their native language — related
- XR gesture-simulation interventions reduce anxiety in most included midwifery and nursing education studies — related
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