Background: Simulation is the imitation of a real-world process over time.
Theoretical education is not adequate alone for effective cardiopulmonary
resuscitation applying. So that the application must be given in accordance with
training and manual guidelines. Aim: to evaluate effectiveness of a simulation
based learning on nursing intern-ship students' performance and self-efficacy
regarding pediatrics basic life support. Design: quasi-experimental research design
was used. Setting: study conducted at Aswan University Hospital Training Center.
Study subject: Convenient sample of 100 nursing internship students of Nursing
Faculty, Aswan University at academic year 2019-2020 from October 2019 to
March2020.Data collection tools were included two basic tools, the first tool was
Nursing Internship student's Performance regarding pediatric basic life support
that included socio-demographic characteristics, students ' knowledge, ' practice,
and the second tool was self-efficacy assessment. Results revealed marked
increase in nurses' total knowledge, practice and self-efficacy after implementation
of emergency pediatric basic life support compared to pretest with statistically
significant differences. Conclusions: simulation improved nursing student'
performance and self-efficacy regarding pediatric basic life support and enhance
the simulation integration as active learning methods to improve nursing students '
performance. Recommendations: Repeating stimulation based learning training
throughout nursing education to increase stimulation practices effectiveness.