We had a great response to the webinar (Jan 9) "Developing Psychiatric Assessment Skills and Empathy through Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Students" by Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing; Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN, Director, Simulation and Learning Resources; and Gale Robinson-Smith, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor - Villanova University College of Nursing.

Abstract: This presentation will discuss how simulation and standardized patients can be used to develop mental health assessment skills and empathy for psychiatric patients. It will also address the logistical considerations of creating psychiatric simulation experiences.

Target audience: any healthcare professional or educator who deals with or wants to learn about using simulation for psych/mental health.

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Empowering future healthcare workers through teamwork is one way that we can prepare our future nurses for all the tasks required of them; whether it be keeping a risk free environment for patients or educating them properly through the practice of nursing simulation.

Practicing nurses are in a hypnotic fog; the room is spinning, there is an eruption of high pitched beeps, the patient is going into cardiac arrest. In these weighted seconds, every action and decision is critical. Each member must perform his or her specific role in sync, at the right time: the future of a human life depends on harmony.

Our nation has a growing demand for innovative, forward-thinking nursing education programs. The Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) officially opened its state-of-the-art nursing simulation laboratory last year. Using human patient simulators and cameras, MCN is clearly using impressive technology. But, technology alone does not make a great nursing simulation program; good interdisciplinary communication among nursing instructors and information technology (IT) is necessary.

Harmony: nursing faculty and full-time technical associates enable the Nursing Simulation Laboratory at MCN to be an incredible educational site. This learning center has the potential to prepare future nurses for every possible scenario they may encounter. Theory can be practiced safely and repeatedly.

Simulation Center Coordinator, Jennifer Mool, MSN, BSN, RN, elaborates on the importance of IT in the development of the center. “Education Management Solutions’ (EMS) technology includes everything from an integrated clinical nursing simulation management, skills evaluation, and AV system to simulated electronic health records and check-in kiosk add-on modules. IT was involved… they helped sift through options, and eventually worked closely with EMS to get the system we needed.”

The nursing simulation learning experience gives students the necessary freedom to fine-tune the skills of their profession in collaboration with others and through the practice of diverse scenarios. Different skills and abilities are tested and strengthened in the virtual hospital in ways that just could not be done in a real clinical setting. Theory becomes tangible. Students are empowered with access to the types of knowledge that only experience can bring.

We had a great response to the webinar (Sep 12) "Mr. SimMan Needs a Nurse" by Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF - Consultant, National League for Nursing.

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the current use of simulation in nursing education, summarize the advantages and challenges for using simulation, and describe seminal simulation projects currently underway by several national organizations.

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"Mr. SimMan Needs a Nurse"

Presented by: 
Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Consultant, National League for Nursing

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the current use of simulation in nursing education, summarize the advantages and challenges for using simulation, and describe seminal simulation projects currently underway by several national organizations.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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The Translational Health Science Simulation Center (THSSC) at the University of Hawaii is designed for interdisciplinary health science research, simulation, and research education.

Although the University of Hawaii has been doing simulation for almost a decade, this new center, which opened earlier this year, has advanced their program by expanding features and functionality.

According to Lorrie Wong, RN, PhD, UH School of Nursing associate professor and director of the program, the students highly rate the simulation experience and consider it one of the most effective components of their education program. To learn more, request the whitepaper.