Simulation Lab

Newly remodeled, the College of Nursing's Simulation Lab has four fully equipped hospital rooms and an observation room for the operation of the computer and camera equipment used during the simulation. Simulators expose students to a variety of scenarios in a safe and controlled environment.

TheCollege of Nursing owns a Laerdal SimMan which is a computerized model that talks, breathes and has various realistic heart, lung and abdominal sounds. Faculty can develop various scenarios with the use of SimMan software to simulate real life health problems which will help students prepare better for clinical experiences.

Location

Nursing/Education 39B

Virtual Technology

UW Oshkosh College of Nursing utilizes Second Life to offer classes in a virtual learning environment. More than 20 nursing faculty and academic staff and multiple cohorts of  accelerated nursing students have avatars; hold class sessions, faculty/student office hours and synchronous chats; and utilize the public health department for class exercises.

Virtual environments offer many advantages for nursing education: The clinical environment can be realistically simulated. There is the opportunity to practice repeatedly without harm to patients. Rare but life-threatening patient situations can be simulated. Active learning takes place. Immediate feedback can be given for both correct and incorrect actions. Errors can be corrected, and consistent experiences can be reproduced for all students.

Learn more about virtual learning through Second Life …