A division of American Sentinel University, formerly known as Healthcare Learning Innovations, Sentinel U now offers a comprehensive portfolio filled with web based virtual clinical simulation solutions for empowered healthcare education & professional development workplace training. In effect, Sentinel U now offers virtually endless clinical learning experiences for future and practicing nurses. With Sentinel U’s [...]

Guest author Candace “Candy” A Campbell, DNP, RN, CNL, CEP, LNC, FNAP, Healthcare Consultant, Leadership Coach, Academic at Peripatetic Productions and Candy Campbell & Co. shows us how to decrease student performance anxiety by creating a safe remote learning environment. Combining her experiences with clinical education, acting, aviation flight attendant simulation training and innovative spirit, [...]

Since the appearance of the novel coronavirus and the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic, every aspect of life has changed. For healthcare students in hands-on clinical training programs, social distancing requirements have forever altered the experiential learning environment, which relies heavily on in-person simulation labs. Instructors have had to suddenly adjust as well. Virtually overnight, institutions scrambled [...]

Deterioration in a patient’s condition is sometimes evident long before a code blue cardiac or pulmonary arrest is initiated. However, Nurses may fail to recognize these early warning signs and fail to seek help in a timely manner. Initializing Rapid Response Systems, or RSS, has been championed around the world as a life-saving mechanism against [...]