Research IJOCS.1000132 © 2018 ISSN 1753-0431 International Journal of Clinical Skills (2018) 12(1), 185-195 185 Faculty of Health Science, Department of Nursing, İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Çiğli- İzmir 35580, Turkey † Author for correspondence: Derya Uzellı Yılmaz, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Nursing, İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Çiğli- İzmir 35580, Turkey, Tel: +90 (232) 329 35 35 (4753); email: duzelli86@gmail.com The Effects of Simulation on Nursing Students’ Psychomotor Skills Korhan EA, Yilmaz DU † , Celik GO, Haci Dilemek, Leyla Baysan Arabaci ABSTRACT Background: Simulation-based education has positive contributions in nursing education. Using different methods of simulation has effectiveness in clinical education and also effectiveness of simulation was stated verbally by the students and the researchers. Objective: The aim of this research was to examine the effect of simulation training on psychomotor skills of nursing students. Design: The research sample was determined by a simple random sampling. Setting: Research was carried out with students of a Nursing School in Turkey, between February and June 2016. Participants: Participants of the research 82 first-grade students of this research, 65 (81.7 %) of them were female and 15 (18.3 %) were male. Methods: Assessment was performed with a single-blind method using with the “Skills Checklists” that include the steps of “Performing Nasotracheal Aspiration”, “Measuring Blood Pressure”, “Measuring Pulse and Respiration Rate” and “Administration of Intramuscular Injection”. Results: According to findings of the research, there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups mean total score of skills and there was a significant relationship between total score skills and the having simulation training of students. Conclusion: As a result of the research, the students nursing skills with simulation education have higher psychomotor skill scores. In addition to the traditional education methods, use of simulation tools is thought to boost skill levels. Keywords Nursing education, Psychomotor skills, Simulation training, Nursing skills Introduction Nursing education requires a system which covers cognitive, sensorial and psychomotor learning fields. In terms of gaining especially psychomotor skills; it is not always possible for the students to acquire proper clinical experience due to the following facts; having limited fields of clinical practices, spending less time in the hospital because of the education system based reasons and in-patients’ staying less time in the hospital [1,2]. In order to prevent this and improve the knowledge & skills in the nursing education, plenty of teaching methods and strategies have been tested. Studies have shown that the