April 30 — Nursing faculty publish chapter in nursing simulation book Faculty from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis contributed to the new textbook, Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Nursing. Associate Dean for Education Amy Nichols and Laura Van Auker, an associate professor, wrote “Using Simulation with Master’s Entry to the Profession of Nursing Students (MEPN)” for the publication. Amy and Laura address the unique learning style of MEPN students as adult learners, older, second career and more diverse in gender representation. They argue that these students want learning to be realistically experiential so they can apply their real world decision-making skills so simulation is particularly well-matched to their learning needs. They also identified gaps in the literature which will provide a roadmap for future study.