SLIDE 22 Policy Implications
Recommendations
- Cautiously suggest allowing a 2:1 ratio of replacing clinical practicum hours with virtual
simulation during the pandemic (1 hour of virtual simulation = 2 clinical hours)
- Ask Boards of Nursing/Policymakers for flexibility r/t limitations of clinical hours completed in
simulated settings (i.e. > 25%, 50%*)
- *Remember that substituting with 50% or more statement is valid only when educators are
adequately trained, using quality, vetted simulations to meet course objectives, along with standardized high level debriefing
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