SIMULATION EDUCATION FOR KOREAN NURSING STUDENTS CONCERNING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF NEWBORN BABIES

This study was conducted to review the effect that simulation training programs for emergency situations involving newborn babies have on nursing students' clinical performance. Opportunities for nursing students to clinically practice what they learned are on the decrease. Even if they take part in practice, they are usually limited to simple tasks or observation. Given this reality, there is an urgent need to develop new measures to improve their clinical practice ability. The low fertility rate that is worsening over time and the difficulty in operating an intensive care unit for newborn babies has led to a decrease in such departments, leading to difficulties experienced by a number of universities in allocating clinical training venues. After conducting a survey on the needs regarding training themes in the nursing of newborn babies, simulation training programs would have to be developed based on themes where the needs are the highest.