Nursing training comes to life at Sask. Polytechnic

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 “It provides the most realistic experience needed for situations that cannot be replicated in real life without putting our patients at risk,” said critical care educator Joanne Lajeunesse.

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The patient simulators are computerized manikins that are able to mimic real-life scenarios. They are able to simulate breathing, heart beats, blinking and have changing vital signs depending on the treatment they receive from the students.

The patient simulators are even able to have conversations with the nursing students. In a demonstration, the patient simulator was able to tell the nursing student where it felt pain when asked. It was also able to describe the type of pain.

Lajeunesse said the high-fidelity training is used to teach the nursing students hands-on-training with the advanced skills such a surgery, intubation and critical care concepts.

The school also has low-fidelity training patient simulators which students are able to practice physical assessments and insertion of medical care devices.

Second year psychiatric nursing students Rachel Burke and Alanna Balzer worked on “Larry” after Wednesday’s press ribbon cutting.

“The simulation lab is where we get to put into practice what we’re learning in class,” said Rache Burke, a second-year psychiatric nurfsing student. “We do things like blood pressure, catheterize, give injections, test blood glucose and stuff like that.”

While Burke checked on Larry’s blood pressure, Balzer used her stethoscope to inspect the patient simulator’s heartrate.

“It kind of puts you in a real life scenario where you feel the pressure so it’s really good. It’s very helpful,” Balzer said.

The expansion of the simulation centre also included a new hospital bed, an obstetric birthing simulator, new mobile classroom desks and an instructor’s table.

With the upgrades, Prince Albert Sask. Polytechnic becomes the third in the province with the technology, along with the Saskatoon and Regina Campuses.

knguyen@jpbg.ca

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