Did you know that November is Diabetes Awareness Month? Each year this month is observed to raise awareness with individuals, healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across the country who are directly or indirectly affected by Diabetes. Today, we take a closer look at Diabetes and some of the key healthcare simulation learning theories from Dr. [...]

Recently we covered the Latest Nursing Simulation Content from Pocket Nurse’s SimTalk Blog, with a highlight today from a special article shared by Dawn Mangine, Content Manager at Pocket Nurse on How to Cultivate Student Engagement in Healthcare Simulation. As we all know, student engagement in a tricky term! Instructors need to make sure students [...]

Simulation in nursing or EMS education means a lot more than “pretending” to care for a patient. Standardized participants (SP), also called standardized patients, are real people who volunteer or are paid to act in scenarios. SPs are vital to the reality of a simulated scenario, and when effective, can provide learning opportunities in all [...]