Accurately calculating safe dosages for medications is an essential skill for every
nurse. Although new nurse graduates are hired for pediatric settings, they may be
unprepared to safely administer medications to children due to limited experience
offered during pediatric clinical rotations. To bridge this gap, undergraduate nursing
and new graduate orientation programs can design simulated experiences that contextualize
pediatric medication calculations and provide a safe environment for students to practice
and learn from mistakes. Our nursing program provided a safe space for student learning
by developing a digital-physical reality (DPR) activity. Essentially, DPR is the merging
of the physical world with the digital world. For this activity, students were physically
present in the lab space, working with their peers to complete psychomotor skills
while using digital tools to view videos and work through scenarios. The purpose of
this column is to describe the DPR activity and the use of technology. In addition,
how the DPR activity supports student learning in all three learning domains (cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective) will be presented, along with the implications for how
the DPR activity can promote safe pediatric medication administration practice.
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Publication history
Published online: August 24, 2022
Accepted:
August 3,
2022
Received:
August 3,
2022
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