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The NCNA Board of Directors approved the formation of the Simulation Council in October 2009 in response to the great interest of members regarding simulation learning modalities, including Human Patient Simulators (HPS), task trainers, virtual reality, serious games, and standardized patients.
The NCNA Sim Council provides networking opportunities for simulation education professionals from academic and practice settings across the state of North Carolina. The council serve as a resource for the latest information regarding best practices, professional development, certification as well as other issues related to simulation.
The North Carolina Nurses Association Simulation Council exists to advance simulation-based education to improve patient outcomes by fostering safe, culturally sensitive, competent patient care across diverse populations. The Council’s primary goal is to promote networking that supports the standards of best practice in simulation to develop sound clinical judgment for nursing practice.
One initiative of the Sim Council is to increase the number of educators in North Carolina who hold the Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) credential offered through the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). This certification denotes an appropriate level of faculty development as recommended by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Kathy Spade – Chair
Wake Technical Community College
Tina Scott – Vice Chair
North Carolina Central University
Rebecca Gurley – Secretary
High Point University
Elise Thompson – Communications Manager
University of North Carolina - Wilmington
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The NCNA Board of Directors approved the formation of the Simulation Council in October 2009 in response to the great interest that members had regarding simulation learning modalities, including Human Patient Simulators (HPS), task trainers, virtual reality, serious games, and standardized patients.
The Simulation Council Leadership consists of the following offices:
The term for each office is two years, with half of the offices being elected each year on the following rotation:
Nominations for offices will be solicited at the fall meeting of the Simulation Council and through an announcement sent via NCNA list-server after the meeting to all members of the Council. The Council Board will develop a slate of officers and present the nominees for a vote at the January meeting. Officer transition will take place at the January meeting of each year.
This document provides guidelines for continuity of leadership within the Simulation Council, but the Council Board retains the ability to make adjustment to its membership in the event of unexpected circumstances. The full Council membership will be notified of any out-of-cycles Board member changes by NCNA list-server.
NCNA Simulation Community of Interest, Facebook page ›
National Council State Boards of Nursing National Simulation Study ›
NLN - Simulation Innovation Resource Center ›
Society for Simulation in Healthcare ›
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) ›
NCSBN Simulation Guidelines for Prelicensure Nursing Programs ›
