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June
2023
- Volume 17, Issue 1
Innovation
and Restructuring of Lab and Clinical Simulation in Undergraduate
Nursing Programs as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol
for an Integrative Review
Melody Blanco
1, Tawny Lowe 2, Shehnaaz Mohamed 3, Sumayya Ansar 4, Jessie
Johnson 5
(1) DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC,
Associate Professor (Teaching) University of Calgary in Qatar
(2) DNP, MPH, CPNP-PC, Assistant Professor (Teaching), University
of Calgary in Qatar
(3) B. Nurs, RN, CDE, Assistant Professor (Teaching), University
of Calgary in Qatar
(4) MCA, MLIS, Assistant Librarian, University of Calgary
in Qatar
(5) RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary in
Qatar
Corresponding author:
Melody Blanco, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Associate Professor (Teaching)
University of Calgary in Qatar
Email: melody.blanco@ucalgary.edu.qa
Received: April 2023; Accepted: May 2023; Published: June
2023
Citation: Melody Blanco et al. Innovation and Restructuring
of Lab and Clinical Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Programs
as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for an Integrative
Review. Middle East Journal of Nursing 2023; 17(1): 24-30
DOI: 10.5742/MEJN2023.9378031
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ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic
brought the world to a standstill, forcing businesses to close
or adjust operations to online platforms. Nursing Educational
Institutions (NEIs) were similarly affected by the implementation
of public health measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19,
leading to abrupt lockdowns and campus closures, reduced or
no face-to-face time in labs, and a sudden loss of clinical
placement sites for students. To combat this problem, NEIs
had to adjust their conventional practices and find alternative,
novel approaches to fulfill the required hands-on lab teaching
and clinical practice hours for their students. Many NEIs
turned to simulation to close this gap for nursing students.
Therefore, this integrative review seeks to explore what innovative
simulation strategies were used during the pandemic era and
the lessons that can be learned from these innovations.
Key Terms: COVID-19, simulation,
innovative strategies, undergraduate nursing
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