Students at the USC College of nursing are spending their class time now listening to and monitoring patients with major health issues. But they’re made of plastic and rubber.
The very high-tech fake patients are helping nursing students develop their abilities to prioritize care and make sound decisions.
The College of Nursing has an entire room full of manikin patients, and four of them actually interact with nurses, and their conditions can be changed by remote control by a computer operator. The high-fidelity manikin “SimMan” is controlled by Ben Card, Nursing College Director of Information Technology. “We record the audio and video of the students. We put it in a video portfolio. That way they can review what they do and the instructors can work with them.” [click to continue…]
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