Department
Nursing
Location
Bethel University
Document Type
Poster
Start Date
2-25-2026 3:00 PM
End Date
2-25-2026 5:00 PM
Abstract
Nursing students have limited opportunity to practice interdisciplinary communication or handoff in the clinical setting. The purpose of this learning experience is for students to differentiate between and practice appropriate use of IPASS and ISBARR in a standardized patient during an interactive patient experience using virtual simulation (VSIM), which mimics the complex reality of a clinical patient scenario. Students complete a medical-surgical VSIM independently and then participate in a faculty-guided small group activity where they discuss rationale and prioritization for interventions completed throughout the VSIM. The small group collaboratively prepares an ISBARR communication between the nurse and provider for a patient need that occurs during the VSIM and then individually complete a video presentation of an IPASS handoff to the oncoming nurse. Written student feedback was overwhelmingly positive about the ability to differentiate between and efficiently use ISBARR and IPASS, and ninety-eight percent of participating students over the past two years met benchmark on the graded individual video IPASS handoff. Students demonstrate clinical judgment to differentiate between standardized communication tools to safely communicate priority patient information, transferring and extending their knowledge of the ISBARR for nurse to provider communication during the actual simulated experience to a new frame of reference, utilizing IPASS for nurse handoff after the simulated experience.
Recommended Citation
Gerdin, Bethany and Nugteren, Laura, "Advancing Practice-Ready Communication: Utilizing Virtual Simulation to Apply IPASS and ISBARR" (2026). Wednesday, February 25, 2026. 3.
https://spark.bethel.edu/dayofscholarship/spring2026/spr2026/3
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Advancing Practice-Ready Communication: Utilizing Virtual Simulation to Apply IPASS and ISBARR
Bethel University
Nursing students have limited opportunity to practice interdisciplinary communication or handoff in the clinical setting. The purpose of this learning experience is for students to differentiate between and practice appropriate use of IPASS and ISBARR in a standardized patient during an interactive patient experience using virtual simulation (VSIM), which mimics the complex reality of a clinical patient scenario. Students complete a medical-surgical VSIM independently and then participate in a faculty-guided small group activity where they discuss rationale and prioritization for interventions completed throughout the VSIM. The small group collaboratively prepares an ISBARR communication between the nurse and provider for a patient need that occurs during the VSIM and then individually complete a video presentation of an IPASS handoff to the oncoming nurse. Written student feedback was overwhelmingly positive about the ability to differentiate between and efficiently use ISBARR and IPASS, and ninety-eight percent of participating students over the past two years met benchmark on the graded individual video IPASS handoff. Students demonstrate clinical judgment to differentiate between standardized communication tools to safely communicate priority patient information, transferring and extending their knowledge of the ISBARR for nurse to provider communication during the actual simulated experience to a new frame of reference, utilizing IPASS for nurse handoff after the simulated experience.