The Nursing Sim Lab in the campus' Nursing Suite houses all of the patient simulator robots that are currently in use at Penn State Scranton. The realistic simulators have proven to be a valuable teaching tool at the campus and faculty hope to be able to add more to the campus' collection.
The Nursing Sim Lab in the campus' Nursing Suite houses all of the patient simulator robots that are currently in use at Penn State Scranton. The realistic simulators have proven to be a valuable teaching tool at the campus and faculty hope to be able to add more to the campus' collection.
Nursing Instructor Theresa Baker, MSN, RN and Dr. Milton Evans, associate teaching professor of nursing and nursing program coordinator lift Sim Man, one of the campus' patient simulator robots. Simulators weigh as much as an average human and this one may weight up to 180 pounds.
Dr. Milton Evans, instructor in nursing and nursing program coordinator, explain how information retrieved from the patient simulators are utilized in real world experiences -- and how they are used to train student nurses.
The Sim Mom's stomach can be snapped open to show students a realistic view of how the internal organs appear during a delivery. Here, the stomach is actually being snapped shut post-delivery.
A Dunmore first responder wraps the newly delivered "infant" in a blanket, and in a real-life scenario, the newborn would be taken to the hospital for evaluation and any necessary treatment.
