In the past 4 years, since the first edition of the book was written and disseminated, clinical simulations
incorporated into health care curriculum and clinical orientation programs have been
widely used and accepted as a new clinical redesign or as a strategy to better prepare nursing
students for quality patient care and safe clinical environments. With the increased growth, use,
and the incorporation of simulations in nursing education today, the second edition of this book,
Simulation Scenarios for Nurse Educators, could not have come at a better time. Living up to the
goals and outcomes of the first edition, the authors have continued to develop and refine more
step-by-step guidelines for nursing faculty to design, develop, and implement clinical simulation
scenarios in diverse settings; with diverse patients; and for different levels of students, from the
novice in a fundamentals course to the student in a senior-level critical care or capstone course, to
a nurse practitioner in a graduate program. Since the first edition, the authors have shared their
expertise and contributions, reaching out to experts across the country to double the number
of simulation scenarios in this new second edition. A unique aspect differentiating the second
edition from the first is the inclusion of a separate section on graduate nursing education and
interdisciplinary clinical scenarios that are so needed in nursing education today.