Healthcare Simulation plays a significant role in the education and ongoing training of healthcare professionals — and should NOT be shut down just because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If anything, specialized training for proper PPE compliance and intubation techniques should be practiced more regularly, argues HealthySimulation.com writing contributor Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, [...]

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 [...]

Completing her coverage of the 2020 International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Virtual Conference, HealthySimulation.com staff writer Dr.  Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, previous Simulation Coordinator for Los Angeles Harbor College and Director of Nursing for El Camino College recaps the CAE Healthcare funded the Hayden Vanguard Lectureship entitled “Team Engagement [...]