Realistic simulation as a teaching strategy learning in basic health care

Objective: To evaluate the use of realistic simulation as a strategy of the learning teaching process with students of the nursing course in the scenarios of basic health care. Method: Descriptive, exploratory, quantitative study developed in a private Higher Education Institution in Belem / PA, in August, 2018. The sample consisted of 47 students from the Nursing course, 5th year, enrolled in the discipline in Basic Attention in health. Two scenarios of realistic simulation were elaborated: nursing consultation to the patient suspected of leprosy and nursing consultation to the confirmed patient of pulmonary tuberculosis, and their respective check list. A questionnaire with questions using the likert and itemized scale was used as an instrument for data collection. Results: 93.6% fully agreed that the simulation facilitates the learning teaching process, 87.2% the method develops skills and abilities, 95.7% contributed to the theory and practice relationship, 77% safety in nursing care in the scenarios performed. Conclusion: the realistic simulation awakens a new form of methodology contributing to the individualized learning of each student, meaningful experience taking into account their professional development