The REACHvr platform, which uses virtual reality and online training to prepare students to assist rural and underserved communities, won first place at a recent meeting on simulation in health care.

The pandemic necessitated virtual simulation learning for nursing students; now, it remains an essential part of their education. New technology is enabling nursing students to learn hands-on care ...

Today we’re not only facing a critical shortage of skilled nurses, exacerbated by pandemic burnout layered onto the aging nursing workforce, but we’re also confronted with the fact that most licensed ...

MONTREAL & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent survey of 204 nurse learners reveals that immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is gaining traction as the preferred simulation modality in nursing ...

Luke Stuchlik wanders around a non-descript room inside the University of Delaware’s McDowell Hall wearing an Oculus headset. His movements to a lay person look a bit aimless, but they’re quite ...

On the fourth floor of a UNC-Chapel Hill classroom, a cohort of five nursing students use immersive virtual reality technology for the first time. The students spread out and move their bodies to ...

Purdue University Scho o l of Nursing students place their hands into a large, beating human heart, immersing themselves into anatomy rather than simply studying it. “Nursing is very hands-on,” Nagle ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bringing together two of the most exciting technologies driving the education and healthcare industries forward, Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the addition of ...

The University of Southern Maine on Tuesday unveiled a new $2.5 million training facility and simulation lab for nursing students. IPE Welcome Center and the Boyne Family Advanced Simulation Center ...

At the UB School of Nursing, simulation technology is changing the way students are being prepared to face real-world scenarios in the field of nursing. Kelly Foltz-Ramos, PhD, Director of Simulation ...

It is no surprise that simulations can be used in skill-building settings. What may surprise you is that simulation technology in the classroom dates back to 1966! Thomas Furness, an engineer for the ...