- Title
- Australian nursing students' stories of end-of-life care simulation
- Creator
- Gillan, Pauline Catherine; van der Riet, Pamela; Jeong, Sarah
- Relation
- Nursing and Health Sciences Vol. 18, Issue 1, p. 64-69
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12233
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Because nurses are at the forefront of end-of-life care, it is imperative that nursing students are prepared for this role upon graduation. Research suggests that many nursing students are unprepared to deliver compassionate and quality end-of-life care. There have been many attempts to address this need; one emerging method is end-of-life care simulation. This paper explores the experiences of 18 undergraduate nursing students of end-of-life care simulation. Participants' stories were obtained via observation during end-of-life care simulation, audio-recorded post simulation debriefing, and semi-structured interviews. Using Clandinin and Connolly's three dimensions of Narrative Inquiry (temporality, spatiality, and sociality) participants' stories reflected convergence of time, place, and person. Findings revealed three distinct plotlines along a time continuum, specifically surrounding time of death: (i) "The privilege of end-of-life care;" (ii) "Witnessing death as surreal;" and (iii) "The honor of providing after-death care." Participants' narratives suggest that end-of-life care simulation is an important means of preparing students for clinical end-of-life care experiences. This has implications for nursing educators wishing to consider simulation in end-of-life care education.
- Subject
- end-of-life care; narratives; nursing students; simulation; stories
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1327032
- Identifier
- uon:25565
- Identifier
- ISSN:1441-0745
- Language
- eng
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