Lead Author: Shelley Walker
Submitted by: Amy Lorion, NBOME

As Walker et al note: “Nursing trained faculty often work as embedded simulated participants (ESPs) in interprofessional simulations. Blending and switching their professional identities as educators, nurses, and role players in ESP roles can be challenging. How they balance tensions in their role portrayal is poorly understood. New and experienced faculty may benefit from clearer guidance about how to approach this task.” They used a descriptive phenomenological approach, performing semi-structured interviews with nine nurse ESPs. As the authors describe their findings: “The results of our study align with current ESP role descriptions in the literature, such as providing guidance, adding realism, and fostering psychological safety. However, we have revealed a much deeper and more layered experience of the nursing ESP role with significant tensions, complex and nuanced decision making when ‘in role’ and positive effects on other clinical roles.”

Read the full article in the [Advances in Simulation] [https://advancesinsimulation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41077-025-00353-3].

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