The Simulation Center provides students with the opportunity to learn and practice nursing skills in a non-threatening, simulated environment. In January 2005, the College purchased its first adult Emergency Care Simulator (ECS). By the following fall semester simulated experiences were implemented throughout the nursing curriculum. The College now has two ECS adult models and a pediatric ECS model. Simulators are the product of Medical Education Technologies, Inc., a world wide leader in high-fidelity simulators.
Simulators provide state-of-the art learning opportunities for students. Preprogrammed scenarios allow students to practice providing realistic care without risk or harm to the patient. Scenarios also allow all student the opportunity to care for patients with high-acuity, low-frequency conditions, that they might not have the opportunity to care for in the acute care settings. Scenarios enhance critical thinking skills and clinical judgment and during scenarios faculty act as facilitators to guide the learning experience and ensure that students achieve learning objectives.