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David M Foley1, Jacqueline Robinson
1About the Authors David M. Foley, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, MPA, an assistant professor, is director of faculty development, Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio. Jacqueline Robinson, PhD, MBA, MSN, ACNS-BC, RN, CCRN CHSE, is an associate professor and director of the Shaughnessey Center for Nursing Innovation and Education at Notre Dame College, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information, contact Dr. Foley at dmf106@case.edu.
Abstract:
Based on a comparative dearth of simulation products to support the attainment of key skills in psychiatric-mental health nursing, the authors developed scripted scenarios to provide students with exposure to low-incidence/high-risk simulated clinical scenarios in the classroom setting. Acting students from the university's theater school were provided with character sketches and information on psychopathology-psychopharmacology to add a sense of authenticity to the performances. In turn, students questioned the actor-patients in character. The actor-patients employed the improvisational technique of "yes…and" to further develop their characters and provide deeper opportunities for faculty-student engagement and psychiatric-mental health nursing skills development.
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