Evidence-Based Nursing Education: Effective Use of Instructional Design and Simulated Learning Environments to Enhance Knowledge Transfer in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Much confidence has been placed in the nursing profession's potential to positively impact the U.S. health care system. However, concerns about patient safety and quality beckon health care providers to reassess traditional practices. Professional nursing programs aim to prepare novice nurses with strong clinical skills to effectively and safely care for patients. Faculty shortages and fewer clinical sites for students present challenges to...