Which of the following is not correct about the use of simulation as a means of training nurses in academic and hospital settings?
a. can contribute to patient safety
b. opportunities to intervene in clinical situations without risk to a patient
c. can experience specified scenarios in a supervised safe setting
d. uses sensors to detect whether a person has used hand sanitizer in a specific setting
D
Simulation has been recommended by the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System (Kohn, Corrigan & Donaldson, 2000) and Durham and Alden (2008) as a teaching strategy to promote patient safety, provide opportunities to intervene in clinical situations without risk to a patient, and a way to experience specified scenarios in a supervised safe setting. The HyGreen™ system (not simulation) is used to promote hand hygiene compliance and utilizes sensors to detect whether a person has used hand sanitizer in a specific setting.
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