Standards of Best Practice: Simulation Authored by the INACSL Board of Directors*
Standards Standards reflect best practices in health care disciplines and health science education. Standards e Policies that provide the foundation of decisions and actions defined by shared values, beliefs, and principles. INACSL standards for simulation include Rationale, Outcome, Criteria, and Guidelines Rationale e Justification for the development of a standard. Outcome e Intended result(s) of adhering to the standard. Criteria e Factors such as attributes, characteristics, and/or parameters necessary to meet the outcome(s) of the standard.
Support Publication of this supplement is made possible by an educational grant from METI.
Acknowledgments Board of Directors* Teri Boese, MSN, RN Jimmie Borum, MSN, RN Janis Childs, RN, PhD Sharon Decker, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, ANEF (Lead: Standard VI) Jana Faragher, ND, CNS, RN Cheryl Feken, MSN, RN Teresa Gore, DNP, APRN (Lead: Standard III) Nicole Harder, RN, MPA, PhD Beverly Hewett, PhD, RN Valerie M. Howard, EdD, RN Kim Leighton, PhD, CNE, RN (Co-Lead: Standard IV & V) Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN (Lead: Standard I) Meg Meccariello, MS, RN (Lead: Standard II)
Patty Ravert, PhD, CNE, RN Leland (Rocky) Rockstraw, PhD, RN Carol Sando, PhD, CNE, RN (Lead: Standard VII) Renee Schnieder, MSN, RN Marianne Schubert, MSN-Ed, CEN, MICP, RN (Co-Lead: Standard IV & V) Contributors Andrea Ackermann, PhD, RN, CCRN Michelle Aebersold, PhD, RN Alesia Carpenter, MSN, ACNS-BC Leslie Catron, MA Ed, BSN, RN, FAHCEP Rita Coggins, MSN, RN Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE Donna Gloe, EdD, RN-BC Laura Gonzalez, PhD, ARNP, CNE Julie Greenawalt, PhD, RNC
Jacqueline Guhde, MSN, RN, CNS Suzanne K. Guzelaydin, MS, RN Henry Henao, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC Suzie Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN Karen Kennedy, RN, BScN, MEd Michalene A. King, PhD, RN, CNE Dr. Jerrilee LaMar, PhD, RN, BC Judith Lambton, EdD Debbie Lemon, MN, RN Rosemary Macy, PhD, RN Catherine Maney, MS, RN Petra Martinez, MSN, RN Julie McAfooes, MS, RN-BC, ANEF Jodi A. Nelson, MSN, RN, CNE Susan Prion, EdD, RN Clinta Che’ Reed, MSN, RN Jessica Shearer, MSN, RN Carman Turkelson, MSN, RN, CCRN Mary Beth Walker, MS, RN