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ongratula ons are in order for the Prac cal Nursing program at Northeast Technology Center’s Pryor campus, where a new, simulated life was recently welcomed into
the world.
With help from a $50,000 Carl Perkins High Growth and Emerging Technologies Grant, the program was able to purchase the Sim Mom Manikin, along with a simula on panel and obstetrical delivery packets. In December 2015, the manikin delivered its fi rst child.
“In the fi rst quarter of 2016, the Oklahoma legislature is expected to pass a recommenda on from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) that will allow nursing educa on programs to use simula on as part of the clinical hours in the nursing program,” said Prac cal Nursing Instructor Ruth Miller. “The simula on program will have to meet OBN standards, but equipment like the Sim Mom Manikin is essen al to par cipate in simula on in the classroom.”
The new manikin is able to simulate labor and delivery of infants in a variety of scenarios. It includes a hospital-standard pa ent monitor that displays the fetal monitor strips, cardiac rhythms and all vital signs. With a laptop control, the manikin can breathe, talk, cry, moan and scream just as a human woman would during an actual delivery. It also has pulses, lung sounds, heart sounds and bowel sounds that are audible with a stethoscope. Fetal heart tones are also audible and, once delivered, the baby can also cry. Body fl uids can be simulated and IV solu ons can be given to the manikin. The program will also be ge ng a “fl at belly skin” that can be interchanged for the pregnant abdomen so the manikin can be used for a variety of other pa ent simula ons in addi on to obstetrical scenarios.
“The simula on panel is a one-way glass screen that hides the faculty controlling the manikin with the laptop,” said Miller. “With this simula on panel, the students can be seen by the instructor, but the students cannot see what the instructor is doing. This simulates a more realis c situa on for the students to prac ce in a hospital room se ng.”
Un l the OBN approves a simula on program, Prac cal Nursing students will use this manikin for learning skills prior to assigned obstetrical clinical hours, as well as learning cardiac rhythms, skills of inser ons of endotracheal tubes, chest tubes for a pneumothorax, inser on of Foley catheters and injec ons.
“The students will reap many benefi ts from the simula on,” said Miller. “They will be given scenarios of a pa ent and will be allowed to go in and assess that pa ent and provide appropriate
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care in a se ng that is non-threatening and safe. If there are mistakes made, all of the students involved or watching will learn from the mistake. And because the mistake is on a manikin and not on a real pa ent, quality care will never be compromised.”
According to Miller, research has shown that simula on is as eff ec ve – or in some cases more eff ec ve – than actual clinical experience.
Health Career opportuni es begin at NTC
Students in northeast Oklahoma who fi nd themselves considering a career in the fi eld of medicine need look no further than one of the four convenient Northeast Technology Center campuses. Each of the four campuses – loca ons include Pryor, Claremore, A on and Kansas – can help students lay the founda on for future employment by off ering a Health Careers course, as well as cer fi ed nursing programs.
The Health Careers course can help by providing a general framework of knowledge.
“Our Health Careers program is really more of an exploratory course,” explained Tara Thompson, Director of Communica ons for Northeast Technology Center, “Most of our students in this program are high school juniors and seniors. These students study veterinary medicine, physical therapy, nursing and more. It gives them a great founda on for a variety of medical careers, and many students will complete the program with a cer fi ed nursing assistant cer fi ca on.”
Thompson said NTC’s prac cal nursing program is an excellent educa onal resource for those interested in pursuing a career in the medical fi eld.
by Clint Branham Communica ons Specialist and Cassie Woods, NTC
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