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Jéssica Dantas de Sá Tinôco1, Bertha Cruz Enders2, Andréa Sonenberg3
1Nursing Department, State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Objectives:
To analyze the concept of virtual clinical simulation in nursing education.
Methods:
The Walker and Avant concept analysis model guided the study process and the data collection followed the integrative literature review method. Databases searched were: CINAHL, PubMed, Education Resources Information Center, and Scopus. Search terms and Boolean operators were: e-simulation OR virtual clinical simulation OR computer-simulation OR computer simulation OR virtual gaming OR virtual reality AND nursing education OR nursing. The sample comprised 45 studies.
Results:
Virtual clinical simulation in nursing education was defined as the innovative teaching and learning technological strategy that provides immersive self-regulated training of nursing practice, reproducing real-life experiences and feedback in a virtual environment that is safe, interactive, dynamic and enjoyable.
Conclusions:
Clarification of this concept contributes to the development of a standardized terminology to include in the nursing nomenclature system and its dissemination for the construction of nursing science.
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