"Oh my gosh! If we can have this as a patient, think of the training that we can do with our students!" That's how Janine Hinton, an associate clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, felt when she first saw a mannikin being wheeled past her classroom door, the Arizona Republic reports.
That's just one example of how the Steele Innovative Learning Center at the UArizona College of Nursing is using virtual reality to help students learn how to treat patients in the real world.
The center, which opened in 2014, is a virtual-reality simulation center designed to help students learn how to deal with difficult labor-and-delivery scenarios, treating patients who are resistant to help, or even building familiarity with what a nurse would find in a typical hospital medication room, the Republic reports.
Students use the center to do things like give an injection to a baby, see the patient's hands as if they are theirs, and work with patients with vision and hearing problems.
"The skills that I've learned using the simulations have been a great opportunity to enhance my skills," says Clarissa Padilla, who will graduate this month with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Integrative Health.
"Because I remember using simulation, I
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