Cover Story By Ashley Petry


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Can a virtual reality game train nurses around the world?


Can blogs and podcasts be effective training tools for student nurses? The answer to both questions, nursing faculty say, is an emphatic “yes.” These days, nurses are using


an array of technology to master clinical skills, improve their bedside manner and learn how to handle the unexpected. Here, we take a closer look at three ways technology is improving nursing education.


Nursing students Amy Rininger (left) and Shannon Rooney work on “George” in the SimLab of the Indiana University School of Nursing’s Resource Center for Innovation in Clinical Nursing Education.


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