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Volume VIII, Number 2 |
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U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H |
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Volume VIII, Number 2 |
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High Fidelity Human Simulators for Nursing Students With their project, Enhancing Professional Competence through High
Fidelity Human Simulators, Rosemary Hoffmann, John O’Donnell and Leslie
Hoffman, School of Nursing, intend to design a series of 15 curriculum
components taking advantage of high fidelity human simulators and the
School of Nursing’s State-of-the-Art Simulation Laboratory. These components
will be incorporated into the undergraduate nursing curriculum. The Simulation Lab replicates a fully equipped clinical unit, hospital room or operating room in function and feel. Its instructional value is enhanced with video equipment, an observation room and distance viewing capabilities. The need to fully exploit this facility has become increasingly evident: today’s nursing graduates are expected to join the work force as fully functioning members of medical teams with extensive experience and strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. To prepare for these skills, students care for patients during precept assignment in hospital settings, clinics, and the community. However, this experience may not provide exposure to the range of problems that may be encountered, particularly emergent situations. The Simulation Laboratory and mannequin, Sim-Man, can expose students to conditions and scenarios not always experienced in precepted training. In addition, students can practice their skills in a controlled setting without compromising patient safety. Sim-Man can be programmed to simulate a variety of physiologic conditions and to respond to treatments in a variety of ways. Students receive immediate feedback on their clinical reasoning and decision making through a virtual response from the high fidelity human simulator. Their behaviors can be observed and/or videotaped from an observation room. A debriefing then provides valuable feedback. The ACIE grant will provide Hoffmann, O’Donnell, and Hoffman the resources
to develop at least 15 Sim-Man/ Simulation Lab scenarios and the appropriate
accompanying objectives and evaluation tools. The grant will also provide
for the design of a continuing education program for graduate nurses
to improve proficiency in conscious sedation care. Finally, Sim-Man
and the Simulation Lab will be used to showcase the University’s School
of Nursing state-of-the-art teaching resources. | |||||
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