Experience of participating in simulation-based education

This was a phenomenological study to examine about the education participation experience of nursing students who completed the educational emergency nursing care simulation program for hyperglycemia patients. Nine students who had no simulation experience were examined in this research among the present nursing department students of S university. For this research, one trained research assistant divided the students into 3 teams with 3 members each and provided 2-hour theoretical education on knowledge on diabetes and nursing intervention. Then the assistant performed 2 rounds of simulation educations and debriefing. To investigate the education participation experience of the subjects herein, the focus group interview method was conducted in order to collect data. As a result of this research, the simulation education participation experience was found to be categorized into 4 areas and 11 sub-themes. The 4 areas identified were the 'first meeting with actual clinical examples', 'experiencing the integrated application of individual nursing knowledge', 'finding proper identity as a future professional nurse' and 'growth by mistakes and repetition'. The research participants, though in virtual situations, showed a very positive attitude to the overall effectiveness of the practice.