SIM Research Overview

By Maureen M. Ryan RN, BN, MN, PhD The practice of ‘patient simulation’ in health care and nursing education has gone beyond the practicalities of how to create a simulation centre and has progressed to evaluation of teaching practices and scholarship. If we turn to...

Student Research Study: Evaluating a PDSA Trial

By Heather Willey, 4th year BSN student In my community nursing leadership placement, I was involved in a major project known as the Eldercare Project of Cowichan (EPIC). As a step in the process of healthcare improvement in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, a...