Abstract
Managing pain requires a unique skill set combining knowledge and psycho-social skills not often taught to post-licensure nurses. Education using standardized patients (SPs) in simulation exercises to portray hospitalized patients with pain may fill this gap. The purpose of this mixed methods research was to compare SP simulation (experimental) versus traditional lecture/PowerPoint education (control) on nurses' pain knowledge and patients' pain experience, measuring differences between nurse groups on pain knowledge test scores and patients' reported pain experience. Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory informed this study. Method: comparative mixed methods, parallel-group design.
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