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By Courtney Morris<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As the nursing students leaned toward the child patient simulator, one holding an IV needle, they didn\u2019t expect what happened next: the manikin screamed.<\/span><\/p>\n

San Jacinto College simulation lab coordinator Karen Malloy laughs as she remembers remotely manipulating SimJunior \u2014 a four-foot-long manikin in a hospital bed \u2014 to mimic how a six-year-old might behave.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI made him say, \u2018No, no, no!\u2019 a lot,\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ranging from low- to high-fidelity models (levels of technological complexity), simulators like SimJunior provide consistent training opportunities to develop the critical thinking skills students need for health care careers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople might call them dummies, but they\u2019re not dumb. It\u2019s amazing what they can do,\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Patient

Nursing students check a patient simulator’s symptoms.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

History of Sim Labs<\/span><\/h4>\n

Medical training has come a long way. In her student days, Malloy learned to give shots by sticking an orange. Now students can inject a needle into a realistic arm with simulated blood circulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, today\u2019s manikins are so complex that faculty and students usually just call them \u201cpatients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSimulation lets students put into practice the skills they learn before they deal with an actual patient. It\u2019s a safe environment for learning without harming a real person,\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

San Jacinto College began implementing dedicated simulation labs around 2009 at every campus to train students in multiple health science programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

While many colleges have these labs, San Jacinto College\u2019s are specially designed to resemble intensive care units with private patient rooms. This partitioning allows several groups of students to participate in different scenarios at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

From a computer control room, faculty members can use programmed settings or independently manipulate the manikins to create unique training scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simulation lab coordinators like Malloy, Becky Shuttlesworth, and Daniel Covan receive training from the simulator companies and at user conferences, then teach other faculty how to operate the manikins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Complex Patients<\/span><\/h4>\n

Each manikin contains a computer and connects to a bedside monitor displaying vital signs and to two control room computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

While faculty members use prerecorded sounds like coughing and wheezing, they will often speak through the manikins to the students. For Pediatric Hal, a high-fidelity child manikin, the computer modulates the faculty member\u2019s pitch to sound like a six-year-old\u2019s voice coming from Hal\u2019s mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scenarios generally happen in real time, with the exception of the maternity manikin, a supermom who can simulate labor and birth in a record 15 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of countless possible scenarios, nursing students aren\u2019t the only ones visiting the simulation lab. For example, eye care technology students have used manikins whose eyes dilate, and respiratory care students have worked with a newborn manikin that can turn blue and exhibit breathing problems, seizures, and other neonatal conditions<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Patient

Students can work with a mother and baby in a maternity simulation room.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Sim Scenarios<\/span><\/h4>\n

Scenarios start as if students have just walked onto a hospital shift.<\/span><\/p>\n

These \u201chealth care providers\u201d receive a patient report, with vital information about the patient\u2019s medical record and care already administered that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI tell the students, \u2018When you\u2019re in the room, you\u2019re the nurse, not a student.\u2019 We never put them in a scenario they\u2019re not prepared for in some way. The scenarios are kept at the same level as their training,\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scenarios involve about five students, including two nurses and a bedside companion to help with patient privacy training. Nurses must know this companion\u2019s relationship to the patient before sharing certain information aloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sneaky faculty member might even call the nurse\u2019s station outside the room, pretending to be a mom and requesting medical information about her adult child.<\/span><\/p>\n

After completing the 15- to 20-minute scenario, students participate in a debriefing session with faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rather than approaching students with a critical mentality, instructors ask probing questions to help students learn from any mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like to ask, \u2018What was your thought process when you took this action?\u2019\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The simulation lab is not about learning skills but about applying critical thinking. Students learn through self-evaluation and self-discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most gratifying parts is when students say they used what they learned in sim lab later in a clinical rotation setting,\u201d Malloy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when it comes to handling rambunctious six-year-olds, SimJunior might just be the best preparation yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Simulation

Instructors operate the patient simulators from a separate control room.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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