OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Clinical Simulation in Nursing is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
An Innovative Teaching Modality to Promote Proficient Gender-Affirming Care	370
Does the Focus of Psychological Safety in Clinical Simulation Research Hinder the Development of Simulation Science?	246
Closing the gap: Using simulation to improve public health clinicians’ affirming beliefs and behaviors with LGBT clients	223
The use of simulation to improve non-technical skills in undergraduate nurse education: A scoping review	217
Professionalism and communication simulation for freshman pre-nursing students	150
The Impact of Prebriefing on Simulation Learning Outcomes – A Systematic Review Protocol	103
Simulated Based Dementia Training: Impact on Empathic Understanding and Behaviour Among Professionals and Carers	68
Teaching Home Telehealth Nursing: Filling the Gap Though Clinical Simulation	62
A Scaffolded Simulation Curriculum: Translating Simulation with Standardized Patient Encounters into Clinical Practice for Nurse Practitioner Students	60
Psychological Safety in Simulation and Psychological Intrinsic Factors Among Korean Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study	51
Transitioning Undergraduate Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Hospital Clinical Experience to Immersive Simulation-Based Education	48
The Effect of a Geriatric Simulation-enhanced Interprofessional Education on Health Profession Students	48
Family and community nursing: The use of an unfolding simulation via zoom	44
Usability, Engagement, Learning Outcomes, Benefits and Challenges of Using a Mobile Classroom Response System During Clinical Simulations for Undergraduate Nursing Students	39
Relationships Between Internal Factors, Social Factors and the Sense of Presence in Virtual Reality-Based Simulations	39
Comparing virtual reality and live standardized patient drill simulation-based triage training methods in terms of triage knowledge and performance	37
Efficacy of simulation over live clinical rotations in nurse practitioner prenatal education: A retrospective cohort study	34
Understanding Mixed-Methods in Healthcare Simulation Research: Scope and Limitations	29
The Impact of Professional Integrity on Simulation Learning Outcomes –A Systematic Review Protocol	29
The Future of Simulation-Based Learning in Acute Pediatric Nursing Education: A Conceptual Review	28
Does Clinical Simulation Learning Enhance Evidence-Based Practice? A Quasi-Experimental Study Involving Nursing Students	28
The Use of Simulation for Clinical Nursing Faculty Orientation: A Multisite Study	28
Experiences of Paediatric End-of-Life Simulation in Undergraduate Children's Nursing Students: A Qualitative Study	26
Evaluation of a Low-Cost Hybrid Airway Model to Train Nurse Anesthesiology Students in the Performance of Ultrasound-Guided Cricothyrotomy	25
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) for High-Stakes Assessment of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists (CRNAs)	24

A Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-sectional Study on the Effectiveness of the Transition of Clinical Teaching from Traditional to Simulation Era	24
Expanding Clinical Education During a Time of Crisis: Innovative Virtual Simulation	23
Telehealth Virtual Simulation for Community Health Nursing Students	22
Training of Shoulder Dystocia Using Virtual Reality: A Feasibility Study	22
Enhancing Psychological Safety in Advanced Practice Nursing Student Simulation Using an Innovative Visual Tool	22
Exploring simulation-based education in pre-registration nursing curriculum - Barriers and enablers: An integrative review	22
Human Trafficking Simulation in an Undergraduate Nursing Program	21
Interprofessional Disaster Simulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adapting to Fully Online Learning	21
An Educational Intervention to Improve Simulation Facilitation by Nurse Educators in a Large Canadian Academic Hospital: A Mixed Methods Evaluation	20
What is the Best Method to Teach Screen-Based Simulation in Anesthesia Distance Education?	20
Simulation-Based Pediatric Interprofessional Team Training to Facilitate End-of-Life Discussions	19
Learners' Experiences With First-Person Perspective Video Debriefing Using Smart Glasses in Nursing Simulation Education	19
Simulation and a GoPro® camera: Changing Student Nurses’ Perspectives of Patient-Centred Reflection	19
An Innovative Approach for Using Cross-Cultural, Collaborative Simulation during Undergraduate Nursing Study Abroad Exchanges	19
Differences in community health nursing learning outcomes based on simulation modality	18
Description of In Situ Simulation Activities in Critical Care Units of Québec (Canada)	18
Simulation in Nursing Education Programs: Findings From an International Exploratory Study	18
The Clinical Judgment Debriefing Structure: Integrating the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model into debriefing	17
On the Other Side of Simulation: Evaluating Faculty Debriefing Styles	17
Use of the Anesthetists’ Non-technical Skills (ANTS) Framework with screen-based simulation for nurse anesthetists	17
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Self-Debrief Prior to an Asynchronous Debrief	16
The effect of three different simulation methods used in urinary catheterization training	16
High-Fidelity Simulation in Wound Care Education: A Qualitative Evaluation of Efficacy and Acceptability	16
Experiences of Nursing Students in Observer Roles During Simulation-Based Learning and the Impact on Patient Safety: A Scoping Review	16
Simulated Patients’ Beliefs Towards Mental Illness	16
The Impact of an Interprofessional Simulation-Based Education Intervention in Healthy Ageing: A Quasi-Experimental Study	16
The use of progressive simulation to aid in the development of clinical judgment in prelicensure nursing students	15
Onward and Upward: Introducing the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best PracticeTM	15
Mandated Reporter Training for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Students Using Virtual Simulation and Community Collaboration: A Pilot Event	15
Effects of a Chronic Pain Simulation Empathy Training Kit on the Empathy of Interprofessional Healthcare Students for Chronic Pain Patients	15
Developing Hospital Nurses’ Clinical Reasoning Abilities in Assessing and Managing Clinical Deterioration Using a Virtual Patient Simulation: A Quasi-Experimental Study	15
Nurturing Clinical Decision-Making Through Simulation: Highlighting the Value of the Human Experience Amidst the Rise of Technology	15
The Use of Simulation Best Practices When Investigating Virtual Simulation in Health care: A Scoping Review	14
Learning With Simulation: The Experience of Nursing Students	14
Comparing the Stress, Anxiety, and Learning Effects of Leaders and Team Members in High Fidelity Nursing Simulation	14
The Missing Link: The iSOAP Model for Incorporating Telehealth Within Simulations	14
The use of simulation in the assessment and management of dysphagia: A scoping review	14
Simulation-Based Teaching to Improve Perioperative Care of Transgender Patients	14
Integrating Branching Spherical Video Learning into Mental Health Nursing Clinical Education: Feasibility, Efficacy, and Student Impact	14
Attitudes of Health Profession Faculty Involved in a Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Experience	13
Seeing Beyond the Screen: Integrating Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care During a Telehealth Simulation	13
Reducing Nurse Anesthesia Student Anxiety by Aligning a University-Based Simulation Program With Best Practices: A Quality Improvement Project	13
Nursing Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Using Virtual Simulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Cultural Simulations, Authenticity, Focus, and Outcomes: A Systematic Review of the Healthcare Literature	12
Effectiveness of virtual reality in training operating room nurses for robotic arm surgery	12
Current state of simulation in advanced practice nursing programs: A survey in French-speaking countries	12
Prioritizing Simulation Facilitators’ Competencies for Professional Development Using Q-Methodology	12
Virtual Simulation Games as an Educational Tool for University First Responders in Canada: A Usability Study	11
Fostering Clinical Decision-Making Using Screen-Based Simulations Aligned with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model	11
The work behind an interdisciplinary team: Creating a postpartum hemorrhage virtual reality training platform	11

Nursing Student's Perception and Performance Using Rapid Cycle Intentional Simulation: A Quasi-Experiential Pilot Study	11
Setting the Stage for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Education: Outcomes of a Simulated Patient Pilot Program	11
Preparing students for clinical placement using 360-video	11
Impact of virtual, augmented or mixed reality in basic life support training: A scoping review	11
Comparing high fidelity simulator versus wearable simulator on team communication, clinical judgment, and patient safety in an interprofessional team	11
Mapping the impact: A citation analysis of top publications in simulation-based nursing education	11
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Novel Virtual Reality Tool for Hotspotting	11
Evaluating Use of Practice Interview Simulations in an Online Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Course	11
Understanding Nursing Student Choice in Completion of Presimulation Activities	10
Mediating Effects of Cognitive Load on the Relationship Between Learning Flow and Clinical Reasoning Skills in Virtual Simulation Learning	10
Short term effects of simulation training on stress, anxiety and burnout in critical care health professionals: before and after study	10
Comparison of the Effects of Haptic Virtual Versus High-Fidelity Simulations on Knowledge, Skills and Satisfaction of Nursing Students in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training	10
Advancing Healthcare Simulation Through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Exploring Innovations	10
Impacts of Standardized Patients as a Teaching Tool to Develop Communication Skills in Nursing Education: A Mixed-Studies Systematic Review	10
The Effectiveness of Simulation in the Acquisition of Socioemotional Skills Related to Health Care: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews	10
Decision-Making Errors During Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration: Gaze Path-Cued Retrospective Think-Aloud	10
2024 to 2027 Research Priorities continue to mirror INACSL's core values	10
Using Simulation to Teach Intraprofessional Telehealth Communication	10
Comparing the Learning Effectiveness of Three Virtual Simulation Tools With Nursing Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic	10
Cultivating Inclusivity: A Pilot Study Utilizing Simulation-Based Approaches for Weight Bias Mitigation	10
A New Chapter in Clinical Simulation in Nursing	10
Creative Solutions for Complex Circumstances: The Utilization of Virtual Reality in a Specialty Course	10
Effectiveness of Self-Directed Small-Group-Learning Against Self-Directed Individual-Learning Using Self-Instructional-Video in Performing Critical Emergency Procedures Among Medical Students in Malay	10
New Nurse Self-assessed Clinical Competence, Immersion, and Attitudes Following Virtual Reality Training on the Assessment of Pediatric Respiratory Distress	10
Development of Simulation-Based Assessment for Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Orientation	9
Effects of simulation-based education on nursing students’ perceptions of positive birth and natural birth approaches	9
Outcomes of Simulation-Based Experiences Related to Family Presence During Resuscitation: A Systematic Review	9
Prebriefing in simulation from the nursing student perspective: A qualitative descriptive study	9
Implementation and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation Simulation Course in Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Pre-Post Study	9
Publisher's Note	9
Rapid Visual Search Games and Accuracy of Students' Clinical Observation Skills: A Comparative Study	9
Augmented Reality (AR) as a Prebrief for Acute Care Simulation	9
Prebriefing in Healthcare Simulation: A Concept Analysis	8
State of Prebriefing and Debriefing in Virtual Simulation	8
Effects of Experiential Learning Simulation-Based Learning Program on Clinical Judgment Among Obstetric Nursing Students	8
How your articles are making an impact	8
The Missing Link: Cognitive Apprenticeship as a Mentorship Framework for Simulation Facilitator Development	8
Virtual Immersion into a Poorly-Managed Medical Crisis Worsens Subsequent Performance: A Randomized, Controlled Trial	8
The Simulation Method as an Appropriate Solution for Developing the Interactional Soft Skills of Midwife Practitioners in Morocco: A Pilot Study	8
Perioperative inter-professional education training enhance team performance and readiness	8
Simulation as an Element of Second Victim Recovery Programs Following Patient Safety Incidents: A Scoping Review	8
How MASK-ED™ (KRS Simulation) Prepares Nursing Students for Clinical Placements – A Cross-sectional Study	8
Changes in Active Class Attitudes Towards Learning and in Discussion Skills of Nursing University Students Engaged in Simulation-Based Education	8
End of Life Simulation in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit	8
Mental Health Stigma Reduction Through Simulated Professional Practice: A Mixed Methods Study	8
Pre-simulation Preparation Preferences of Senior Nursing Students: Virtual Simulation Games Versus Traditional Case Studies	8
Evaluating Efficacy and Usability of Screen-Based Simulation in Difficult Airway Algorithm Training for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists	8
Utilizing Nursing Students for a Complex Role-Play Simulation	8
Enhancing Palliative Communication in the Intensive Care Unit Through Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project	7
The Sukkah Drill: A Novel Approach to Incident Command Training	7
Collaborative Healthcare: Exploring Interprofessional Simulation Among Nursing and Child Life Students	7
Guided Reflection: Experiential Learning Toward Safe and Accountable Nursing Practice	7
Playing Sick and Injured: The Experiences of Undergraduate Nurses as Casualty Actors in a Mass Casualty Simulation Exercise	7
Transforming National League for Nursing Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors Unfolding Cases into Virtual Simulations: An Innovative Approach for Interactive Learning	7
A Comparative Study of Debriefer Versus Debriefee Distance Simulation Engagement	7
Undergraduate Nursing Application of the Rapid Aspiration Screening Tool (RAS-3): An Interprofessional Swallow Screen Simulation	7
A Multimodal Approach to Training Coronavirus Disease (COVID‐19) Processes Across Four Intensive Care Units	7
Emergency Department Pediatric Code Cart In Situ Rolling Refresher Training Program	7
Effectiveness of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning-based simulation training on high-risk neonatal care: A randomized controlled simulation study	7
Education Regarding Opioid Prescribing, Opioid Tapering, and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for Nurse Practitioner Students Using Virtual Simulation Games: A Pilot Study	7
Upcoming Special Issue: Interdisciplinary Education and Research in Healthcare Simulation	7
How the Pandemic Impacted Simulation: Where Do We Go From Here?	6
Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation Programs Using Head-Mounted Displays in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review	6
Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Pediatric and Neonatal Palliative Care Simulation Program in India	6
Clinical Simulation in Nursing celebrates 20 years!	6
Virtual Reality and Screen-Based Simulation Learner Outcomes Using Kirkpatrick's Evaluation Levels: An Integrative Review	6
Using simulated patients to teach de-escalation during Registered Nurses' onboarding	6
Effectiveness of In Situ Simulation in Determining Nursing Students’ Perceived Level of Communication Skills While Using Personal Protective Equipment	6
A Multi-Site Evaluation of Observer Roles and Telepresence Technology in Simulation with Prelicensure Nursing Students	6
Comparison of Two Simulation Tools to Develop Empathic Communication Skills in Nursing Students Breaking Bad News: A Randomized Controlled Study	6
Cross-cultural validation of the Debriefing Experience Scale: French version	6
Utilizing co-design and research for authentic simulation development	6
Challenging the Nuances of Pain Assessment With Co-designed Audio-Visual Simulations in Nursing Education: A Descriptive Study	6
Examination of the effect of different techniques (demonstration, telesimulation and game-based training) in teaching the management of shoulder dystocia: A randomized controlled trial	6
The Impact of Virtual Simulation on Empathy in Undergraduate Nursing Students	6