Effectiveness of Digital Simulation on Student Nurses’ Knowledge and Confidence:An Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

Digital simulation is an emerging innovation with the potential to address the limitations to traditional clinical simulation. The pandemic has accelerated teaching on digital platforms, which is now embedded in pedagogic practice. This integrative review will evaluate the effectiveness of digital simula-tion on nursing students’ knowledge and/or confidence. The electronic database search carried out between October 3 and 7, 2021. We included primary research articles published in English language between January 2012 and October 2021. From 14,369 citations, 10 full-text documents were included in our final analysis and synthesis. Results suggest that digital simulation with realistic, immersive and interactive characters had a positive impact on students’ learning outcome in terms of knowledge acquisition and self-confidence. Therefore, combining digital simulation with face-to-face simulation will enhance learning.