This year, September 17 is World Patient Safety Day is once again during Healthcare Simulation Week! The World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 by the World Health Organization to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and spur global solidarity and action to promote patient safety. Despite continuing challenges of the COVID-19 [...]

As the use of clinical simulation across healthcare education and training expands, many simulation centers and programs have increased efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. This is important because, according to an article published on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Nursing EDge blog, “Exploring Newborn Health Disparities through Simulation,” infants of non-Hispanic Black [...]

Nasco Healthcare has announced the launch of the company’s global strategic partnership agreement with SKILLQUBE GmbH to bring the most realistic patient monitoring and medical device emulation solutions available to the marketplace. Nasco Healthcare will now jointly develop, sell, and distribute SKILLQUBE products globally in top markets. This collaborative partnership was made possible through a [...]

Healthcare simulation education aims to improve competencies in communication, teamwork, critical thinking, professional identity and safety. To provide a psychologically safe space where learners can make mistakes without risk to real patients, Arizona State University’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation now offers a Master of Science in Healthcare Simulation program. In a hybrid [...]