Interactive simulation education of nurses

Nursing education in a medical simulation centre allows interactive recreation of a clinical situation without exposing the patient at risk, and at the same time stimulating the critical thinking of students. THE PURPOSE of the present study is to analyze the curricula regarding the main subjects for the nursing specialty at the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) – Plovdiv, by establishing the degree of the educational content, which is appropriate for teaching in a medical simulation training centre. MATERIAL OF METHODS: Using the sociological method of document analysis, in the summer semester of 2017/18, an analysis was made of the educational content of two compulsory subjects included in the nursing curriculum of FPH at MU-Plovdiv: Philosophy and introduction to nursing care. Theoretical foundations – 195 academic hours; Practical foundations of the nursing care – includes 14 modules of specialized subjects – 660 academic hours. RESULTS: In case of analysis of the contents of the subjects forming theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the future nurses, it was found out that both subjects have thematic units which are appropriate: measurement and entry of pulse, breading and blood pressure; rules and equipment for the performance of different types of manipulations; feeding of a seriously ill patient with a probe; provision of a permanent peripheral intravenous route; obligations of the nurse while taking material for laboratory tests; obligations of the nurse while taking blood; preparation of the patient for ECG; catheterization, etc. CONCLUSION: The training in a Medical simulation training centre (MSTC) could find its place immediately after the theoretical training but it must precede the practical training involving a patient.