Simulation Design Template - Revised February 2023

Have you been looking for an easy to use Simulation Design template? You are welcome to use the NLN Simulation Design Template, so long as it retains the SIRC information on the footer.
Download the NLN Simulation Design Template 2023 and download the Guided Debriefing Tool referenced in the template.

ACE.S Unfolding Cases Mapped to the AACN Essentials

An Essentials Mapping Tool template was created for educators to map their own simulation scenario objectives to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials domains and competencies. An exemplar is provided of a completed tool that maps the objectives of the NLN Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACE.S) unfolding cases to the Essentials.

Project Disclaimer: Simulation leadership projects are a requirement for the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators. All projects are then placed within SIRC for the benefit of the nursing education community. Inclusion of this specific project does not constitute an endorsement by the NLN of the AACN Essentials. 

Download the Essentials Mapping Tool overview
Download the Essentials Mapping Tool template
Download the Essentials Mapping Tool completed for the ACE.S cases
Download the Detailed Essentials Mapping Tool for ACE.S Henry and Ertha Williams
Download the Detailed Essentials Mapping Tool for ACE.S Julia Morales and Lucy Grey
Download the Detailed Essentials Mapping Tool for ACE.S Millie Larsen
Download the Detailed Essentials Mapping Tool for ACE.S Red Yoder

RNovating the Classroom

Download RNovating the Classroom: Simulation & technology beyond the lab and view the What is Augmented Reality? video.

Social Determinants of Health crosswalk (SDOH-C)

Download the Social Determinants of Health Crosswalk (SDOH-C)
Download the SDOH-C Instructions for Use
View the SDOH-C Infographic

Virtual Simulation Resources 

The NLN Division for Innovation in Education Excellence with contributions from NLN Simulation Leaders compiled virtual resources on Covid-19 and virtual simulation options for pre-licensure students and NP students.

Virtual Resources on COVID-19 - Links current as of 1/6/2021
Virtual Simulation Options for Undergraduate Students - Links current as of 1/6/2021
Virtual Simulation Options for Nurse Practitioner Students - Links current as of 1/6/2021

NLN Simulation Leaders have contributed to the OADN Virtual Simulation Reviews on the Unbound Medicine platform.

Operationalizing Extended Reality Toolkit

Three members of the 2022 cohort of the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educator developed toolkit that defines and operationalizes types of extended reality. This toolkit is intended to be used as the foundation for the development of XR into a nursing program in the professional or educational setting.
Download the Operationalizing Extended Reality Toolkit.

Mindfulness in Prebriefing

Four members of the 2017 cohort researched the use of mindfulness with nursing students at various levels within prebriefing in simulation. Usefulness, resources, and recommendations are described in the document.
Download Mindfulness in Prebriefing.

Pre-briefing Checklist

Four members of the 2018 cohort of the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators searched the literature on this topic, created a checklist and established preliminary content validity. 
Download the Overview of Development and Testing of Pre-briefing Elements.
Download the Pre-briefing Elements checklist.

Faculty Development Toolkit: Simulation Resources

Six members of the 2014 cohort of the NLN Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators decided to create a faculty development toolkit for the project they were required to complete as part of the Sim Leader program.  It includes resources for the following: technology, scenario design, teaching/learning strategies curriculum integration, evaluation, realism/fidelity, standardized/simulated patients, and simulation management.
Download the Faculty Development Toolkit.

Multi-patient Simulation Template and Toolkit

Four members of the 2015 cohort of the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators created a template for multi-patient simulations (MPS).
Download the Multi-patient Simulation Template and Toolkit Introduction, Operational Guide & Bibliography.
Download the blank Multi-patient Simulation Template.

Simulation Design Template Adapted for IPE Simulations

Using the IPEC Core Competencies, five members of the 2013 cohort of the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators embedded IPE objectives and guided reflection questions into the template and tested them at five schools across the country.
Download the IPE Template Comprehensive Description.
Download the blank IPE Template.

Leveling Simulations: Integrating QSEN and ACE.S

These supplemental materials correlate to "Integrating QSEN and ACES: An NLN Simulation Leader Initiative,” published in Nursing Education Perspectives, Volume 33, No. 3, May/June 2012. The authors incorporated QSEN competencies into the "Millie” unfolding case study that was developed for the NLN's Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACE.S) project. Tables that correlate the KSAs for each QSEN competency with the learning activities suggested in each scenario are provided, along with enhanced simulation templates for the three scenarios.
Download the Supplemental Materials for Integrating QSEN and ACE.S.

Simulation Centers Survey

Members of a 2014 cohort of the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators conducted a survey to identify common components of simulation centers. The purpose was to assist others in determining guidelines for establishing or repurposing their simulation space and implementing a successful program.
View the Simulation Centers Survey Poster.
Download the Survey of Components of Simulation Centers.

Orienting Learners to the Simulator: Introduction to SimMan

Suzie Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, ANEF, editor-in-chief of the Clinical Simulation in Nursing, provided a script to orient learners to SimMan.
Download the Orienting Learners to the Simulator: Introduction to SimMan script.