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by Crystal Owens

      

But technology has provided training in the way of computerized manikins, designed to simulate almost any situation a student would encounter once they enter the workforce.

At The George Washington University campus in Loudoun, nursing students are provided training that goes far beyond the textbook. The state-of-the-art nursing lab is filled with every computerized manikin a student might encounter, from pediatrics to obstetrics to general health care.

"The trend in nursing education and health care is safety of patients. We play into that in multiple levels in the nursing education field. Simulation has become an even greater part of that in order to be able to provide contextual learning for nursing students," said Christine Seaton, clinical educator-instructor at GWU's Loudoun campus. The current class learning in the lab has 48 students. A new class of 44 began this week. In all, the school has graduated three classes, including the last one of 65 students.  Students spend two semesters at the school before going on to their clinical settings.

 

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