For some time now, hospital administrators and staff have found that many novice nurses lack the skills necessary for treating patients. To address this gap, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) has developed the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model, part of the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN). This model was designed based on nursing [...]

The National Health Education and Training in Simulation (NHET-Sim) program is a nationwide training initiative for professionals and their educators, aimed at improving clinical training capacity. The program is designed for anyone who currently uses or intends to use healthcare simulation as an educational method to support the development of clinical learners and professionals. Developed [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors, has reduced many hands-on learning opportunities for aspiring healthcare professionals as clinical simulation programs were forced to limit in-person education. Many clinical simulation sites were forced to restrict access all together. Seeking to provide a solution to these unprecedented challenges, healthcare simulation company Avkin developed the Avwound, a realistic [...]

To correctly prepare learners for the physical, emotional, psychological and ethical challenges they may encounter in the field, some healthcare simulation educators have begun to implement virtual standardized patient solutions. Helping to provide these solutions, the technology company Avkin has developed virtual standardized patients that include real humans. This realistic environment brings together the best [...]