Realistic simulation as a teaching-learning method in the undergraduate nursing level: An experience report Realistic simulation in the undergraduate nursing level

The objective was to describe the activities of an extension project targeted to the application of realistic simulation in the nursing course of a federal university from the extreme south of the state. This activity occurred in the first half of 2012 through a discipline concerning Women’s Health, and the scenario represented a home visit to a puerperal woman. The human resources were students of the Graduate Level who were previously trained by a drama teacher and by the teachers responsible for the project in such a way as to convince the pupils at the time of the practice of realistic simulation. The graduate students developed a clinical case to be executed by undergraduate students, who, throughout the activity, conducted interviews, physical examinations and guidelines to puerperal women, thereby corresponding to the previously designed Actions Protocol. We conclude that realistic simulation is a feasible activity in every university and that integration of graduate students with nursing students extends the knowledge by means of socialization of experiences. Descriptors: Simulation; Undergraduate Nursing Programs; Teaching Materials; Nursing Simulação realística como método de ensino-aprendizagem na graduação em enfermagem: Um relato de experiência Simulação realística na graduação em enfermagem