Considerations for the Effective Integration of Virtual Simulation in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum

Jennifer Roye¹, Mindi Anderson, Desiree A Diaz+1

• ¹About the Authors Jennifer Roye, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE, is assistant dean for simulation and technology and clinical assistant professor, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arlington, Texas. Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, is a professor and director, Healthcare Simulation Program, University of Central Florida College of Nursing, Orlando, Florida, and vice president for operations, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. Desiree A. Diaz, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, is an associate professor, University of Central Florida College of Nursing. Meagan Rogers, PhD, RN-BC, CPEN, is associate chair, undergraduate nursing, and clinical assistant professor, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Drs. Anderson and Diaz were part of the Advisory Board, VSim for Nursing/Pediatric, National League for Nursing. This work was partially supported by grants from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine. The authors acknowledge Dr. Mercy Mumba for work on the overall project and editing of the manuscript. For more information, contact Ms. Roye at roye@uta.edu.