Willemse, JulianaGoba, Mbalenhle Pearl2023-05-082024-11-072023-05-082024-11-072022https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19050Magister Curationis - MCurNursing simulations using simulated patients have proven effective in creating realistic opportunities to enhance the students’ clinical competence within a safe learning environment. This safe learning environment potentially decreases anxiety and increases self-confidence among students in the health sciences. This qualitative study aimed to explore and describe the experiences of simulated patients in a clinical skills laboratory in the Department of Nursing at a university in the Western Cape Province.enNursingPatientsClinical skills laboratoryWestern CapeSouth African Nursing CouncilExperiences of simulated patients in a clinical skills laboratory in a school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape ProvinceUniversity of the Western Cape