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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An Innovative Teaching Modality to Promote Proficient Gender-Affirming Care	360
A Scaffolded Simulation Curriculum: Translating Simulation with Standardized Patient Encounters into Clinical Practice for Nurse Practitioner Students	236
Usability, Engagement, Learning Outcomes, Benefits and Challenges of Using a Mobile Classroom Response System During Clinical Simulations for Undergraduate Nursing Students	218
Does the Focus of Psychological Safety in Clinical Simulation Research Hinder the Development of Simulation Science?	209
Teaching Home Telehealth Nursing: Filling the Gap Though Clinical Simulation	143
Psychological Safety in Simulation and Psychological Intrinsic Factors Among Korean Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study	98
Closing the gap: Using simulation to improve public health clinicians’ affirming beliefs and behaviors with LGBT clients	68
The use of simulation to improve non-technical skills in undergraduate nurse education: A scoping review	62
Professionalism and communication simulation for freshman pre-nursing students	60
Cognitive Dissonance of Students Between Falls Prevention Evidence and Strategies	50
Transitioning Undergraduate Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Hospital Clinical Experience to Immersive Simulation-Based Education	46
The Impact of Prebriefing on Simulation Learning Outcomes – A Systematic Review Protocol	45
The Effect of a Geriatric Simulation-enhanced Interprofessional Education on Health Profession Students	44
Family and community nursing: The use of an unfolding simulation via zoom	39
Relationships Between Internal Factors, Social Factors and the Sense of Presence in Virtual Reality-Based Simulations	38
Simulated Based Dementia Training: Impact on Empathic Understanding and Behaviour Among Professionals and Carers	36
Efficacy of simulation over live clinical rotations in nurse practitioner prenatal education: A retrospective cohort study	34
A Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-sectional Study on the Effectiveness of the Transition of Clinical Teaching from Traditional to Simulation Era	31
Experiences of Paediatric End-of-Life Simulation in Undergraduate Children's Nursing Students: A Qualitative Study	30
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) for High-Stakes Assessment of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists (CRNAs)	29
Evaluation of a Low-Cost Hybrid Airway Model to Train Nurse Anesthesiology Students in the Performance of Ultrasound-Guided Cricothyrotomy	29
Understanding Mixed-Methods in Healthcare Simulation Research: Scope and Limitations	28
The Impact of Professional Integrity on Simulation Learning Outcomes –A Systematic Review Protocol	27
Does Clinical Simulation Learning Enhance Evidence-Based Practice? A Quasi-Experimental Study Involving Nursing Students	26
The Future of Simulation-Based Learning in Acute Pediatric Nursing Education: A Conceptual Review	25

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

Decision-Making Errors During Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration: Gaze Path-Cued Retrospective Think-Aloud	11
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Novel Virtual Reality Tool for Hotspotting	11
Comparing high fidelity simulator versus wearable simulator on team communication, clinical judgment, and patient safety in an interprofessional team	11
The work behind an interdisciplinary team: Creating a postpartum hemorrhage virtual reality training platform	11
Fostering Clinical Decision-Making Using Screen-Based Simulations Aligned with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model	11
Evaluating Use of Practice Interview Simulations in an Online Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Course	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
Mapping the impact: A citation analysis of top publications in simulation-based nursing education	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
New Nurse Self-assessed Clinical Competence, Immersion, and Attitudes Following Virtual Reality Training on the Assessment of Pediatric Respiratory Distress	10
Understanding Nursing Student Choice in Completion of Presimulation Activities	10
2024 to 2027 Research Priorities continue to mirror INACSL's core values	10
The Effectiveness of Simulation in the Acquisition of Socioemotional Skills Related to Health Care: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews	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
Impact of virtual, augmented or mixed reality in basic life support training: A scoping review	10
Comparing the Learning Effectiveness of Three Virtual Simulation Tools With Nursing Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic	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
Cultivating Inclusivity: A Pilot Study Utilizing Simulation-Based Approaches for Weight Bias Mitigation	10
Impacts of Standardized Patients as a Teaching Tool to Develop Communication Skills in Nursing Education: A Mixed-Studies Systematic Review	10
Effects of simulation-based education on nursing students’ perceptions of positive birth and natural birth approaches	9
Mediating Effects of Cognitive Load on the Relationship Between Learning Flow and Clinical Reasoning Skills in Virtual Simulation Learning	9
Development of Simulation-Based Assessment for Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Orientation	9
Changes in Active Class Attitudes Towards Learning and in Discussion Skills of Nursing University Students Engaged in Simulation-Based Education	9
Rapid Visual Search Games and Accuracy of Students' Clinical Observation Skills: A Comparative Study	9
Using Simulation to Teach Intraprofessional Telehealth Communication	9
Virtual Immersion into a Poorly-Managed Medical Crisis Worsens Subsequent Performance: A Randomized, Controlled Trial	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
How MASK-ED™ (KRS Simulation) Prepares Nursing Students for Clinical Placements – A Cross-sectional Study	9
Outcomes of Simulation-Based Experiences Related to Family Presence During Resuscitation: A Systematic Review	8
The Missing Link: Cognitive Apprenticeship as a Mentorship Framework for Simulation Facilitator Development	8
How your articles are making an impact	8
Playing Sick and Injured: The Experiences of Undergraduate Nurses as Casualty Actors in a Mass Casualty Simulation Exercise	8
Enhancing Palliative Communication in the Intensive Care Unit Through Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project	8
Augmented Reality (AR) as a Prebrief for Acute Care Simulation	8
Utilizing Nursing Students for a Complex Role-Play Simulation	8
Emergency Department Pediatric Code Cart In Situ Rolling Refresher Training Program	8
Simulation as an Element of Second Victim Recovery Programs Following Patient Safety Incidents: A Scoping Review	8
Effectiveness of Debriefing for Meaningful Learning-based simulation training on high-risk neonatal care: A randomized controlled simulation study	8
Evaluating Efficacy and Usability of Screen-Based Simulation in Difficult Airway Algorithm Training for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists	8
Simulations with Standardized Patients for Nursing Students in Preparation for Clinical Placements in Mental Health Care	8
The Sukkah Drill: A Novel Approach to Incident Command Training	8
End of Life Simulation in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit	8
Pre-simulation Preparation Preferences of Senior Nursing Students: Virtual Simulation Games Versus Traditional Case Studies	8
A Multimodal Approach to Training Coronavirus Disease (COVID‐19) Processes Across Four Intensive Care Units	8
Mental Health Stigma Reduction Through Simulated Professional Practice: A Mixed Methods Study	7
Guided Reflection: Experiential Learning Toward Safe and Accountable Nursing Practice	7
Undergraduate Nursing Application of the Rapid Aspiration Screening Tool (RAS-3): An Interprofessional Swallow Screen Simulation	7
The Simulation Method as an Appropriate Solution for Developing the Interactional Soft Skills of Midwife Practitioners in Morocco: A Pilot Study	7
Perioperative inter-professional education training enhance team performance and readiness	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
Transforming National League for Nursing Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors Unfolding Cases into Virtual Simulations: An Innovative Approach for Interactive Learning	7
Prebriefing in Healthcare Simulation: A Concept Analysis	7
State of Prebriefing and Debriefing in Virtual Simulation	7
Upcoming Special Issue: Interdisciplinary Education and Research in Healthcare Simulation	7
Effects of Experiential Learning Simulation-Based Learning Program on Clinical Judgment Among Obstetric Nursing Students	7
The Impact of Virtual Simulation on Empathy in Undergraduate Nursing Students	6
Collaborative Healthcare: Exploring Interprofessional Simulation Among Nursing and Child Life Students	6
Baby Steps Program: Telehealth Nursing Simulation for Undergraduate Public Health Nursing Students	6
A Comparative Study of Debriefer Versus Debriefee Distance Simulation Engagement	6
How the Pandemic Impacted Simulation: Where Do We Go From Here?	6
The Impact of Standardized Patients on First-Year Nursing Students’ Communication Skills	6
Effectiveness of In Situ Simulation in Determining Nursing Students’ Perceived Level of Communication Skills While Using Personal Protective Equipment	6
Virtual Reality and Screen-Based Simulation Learner Outcomes Using Kirkpatrick's Evaluation Levels: An Integrative Review	6
“If You've Trained, Then It's Much Easier”—Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Participating in Simulation	6