The Lived Experience of Nursing Students Participating in High-Fidelity Simulation at a School Grounded in Caring

Abstract

Abstract The lived experiences of senior students in a bachelor-of-science program in nursing participating in high-fidelity simulation at a school grounded in caring was investigated by conducting focus-group interviews at one university in the southeastern United States. Evidence from research studies supports students' ability to learn critical thinking, clinical decision making, and psychomotor skills, and to acquire the affective behavior of caring, during high-fidelity simulation-based learning experiences. A qualitative descriptive design, using a phenomenological methodology, was used to guide this research study. Findings from this study revealed that participants experienced caring during high-fidelity simulation-based learning experiences.