Simulation-based Pediatric Nursing Laboratory Education

Introduction, warm-up, and presentation of the training program (30 min.), taking vital signs in infants and children (45 min.), meeting the hygiene needs of newborns/children (oral care, umbilical cord care, body bathing, perineal cleaning) (45 min.), pediatric nursing care skills (taking blood and urine samples from infants and children, oxygen administration) (45 min.), and pediatric medication preparation and administration skills (oral, IM, IV medication preparation and administration) (45 min.). Each laboratory skill for the course is organized as 45 min of training and a 15-min break. Each skill was demonstrated to students by researchers individually on a simulation model according to cases prepared for simulation within the time allocated to it. Subsequently, the procedures within the case were performed piece by piece by different students under the guidance of a researcher, and feedback was provided on any missing or incorrect points.

Introduction, warm-up, and presentation of the training program (30 min.), taking vital signs in infants and children (45 min.), meeting the hygiene needs of newborns/children (oral care, umbilical cord care, body bathing, cleaning the lower body) (45 min.), pediatric nursing care skills (taking blood and urine samples from infants and children, oxygen administration) (45 min.), and pediatric medication preparation and administration skills (oral, IM, IV medication preparation and administration) (45 min.). Each laboratory skill for the course was organized into 45 minutes of instruction and a 15-minute break, using student-centered active learning methods such as lecturing, discussion, video viewing, individual work, question-and-answer sessions, and brainstorming as teaching techniques.