Introducing Nursing Students to Pediatric End-of-Life Issues Using Simulation

In Brief This article describes the first pediatric death experienced by a 20-year-old nurse. This was a disturbing experience that led to the development of strategies as a faculty member to use when teaching nursing students about pediatric end-of-life issues using simulation. This article describes those strategies. The first pediatric death experienced by a young nurse is described in this article as well as the development of classroom simulations that help students experience a deeper understanding of a child's death.