A continuing challenge for nurse educators is to graduate nursing students who are both competent and confident for future professional practice (Schwartz, 2019). Industry demands the alignment of nursing students with a rapidly growing, demanding, and complex health care environment. On completion of training graduating students need to demonstrate sound knowledge, application of critical reasoning and proficiency with technical and non-technical skills. Using the teaching pedagogy of simulation, the replication of authentic patient scenarios allows nursing students to practice clinical reasoning and decision-making within a risk-free team environment. Simulated experiences can be delivered either as a standalone activity to practice a specific clinical skill (Aqel & Ahmad, 2014), or designed to scaffold learning through a series of simulated activities (Mould et al., 2011).