Utilization of High-Fidelity Simulation to Teach Advance Care Planning to Undergraduate Nursing Students (S733)

The lack of clinical opportunities for palliative care and end-of-life experiences for undergraduate nursing students creates a void in the students' confidence, comfort, communication, and attitude to deal with these situations. Nurses report they are uncomfortable, fearful, helpless, anxious, and often feel inadequately prepared in dealing with death and dying. Research has found that simulations improve the students' experience with dying patients in a controlled, safe, and interactive learning environment.

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