School of nursing celebrates healthcare simulation week
Nursing Board of Fellows members join Norwich nursing students to learn about the profession and education behind it.
Healthcare Simulation Week is an annual celebration that takes place each September to bring attention to the value and effectiveness of simulation in experiential learning for healthcare students and professionals. This year’s theme selected by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSI) was “United Through Simulation” to recognize and amplify how simulation learning is used worldwide to unite healthcare workers in enhancing the efficiency of care delivery to people in communities around the globe.
The Norwich University School of Nursing celebrated Healthcare Simulation Week from Sept. 15-20 by inviting their Board of Fellows to the School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Center for an onsite tour and opportunity to engage with the technology used by current students in experiential learning scenarios. The fellows enjoyed a meet and greet with Amy Martone, director of nursing simulation and assistant professor, and rolled up their sleeves to demonstrate their own cardiac and respiratory assessment skills using a Task Trainer named Matt and a 3G Manikin named Thomas in the simulation setting.
The Task Trainer allows students to listen to normal and abnormal lung, heart, and bowel sounds using illuminated anatomical landmarks, and the 3G Manikins that present with real life clinical symptoms that include talking, sweating, and vital signs. Additionally, the Clinical Simulation Center also offers virtual reality headsets and a Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program skills station. Much of the new and state-of-the-art equipment was provided by a recent federal grant awarded through partnership with Sen. Bernie Sanders to support the training and education of the future nursing workforce in Vermont.
Jessica Wood, director and associate professor in the School of Nursing, said that “This year’s celebration of Healthcare Simulation Week is exciting as the School of Nursing welcomes Amy Martone as the new director of nursing simulation and educator who will lead the Clinical Simulation Program forward and support the program’s mission to “provide an immersive educational experience for aspiring healthcare professionals using state-of-the-art simulation technology and realistic scenarios that bridge the gap between classroom theory and clinical practice to equip them with the skills, knowledge, and compassion essential for delivering exceptional patient care in diverse professional practice settings.”
To learn more about the Clinical Simulation Center at the School of Nursing, contact Amy Martone at amarton2@norwich.edu.
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