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<\/a>\u201cBecause of COVID-19, our hospital clinic sites and ambulance services were not available to our students,\u201d said JC\u2019s Emergency Technology\/Paramedic Program Director, Health and Human Services Division Chair and Coordinator of the Simulation Center, Benji Sessums. \u201cWe had to do some shifting to coordinate students into lab settings, but we weren\u2019t able to accommodate a large number of students. We renovated a storage area near the current lab and expanded the Sim-Lab.\u201d<\/p>\nThe enlarged Health Care Simulation Center had about $750,000 in \u201cIt\u2019s great to be able to share between all our health care programs to enhance learning and practice the skills learned in class and in clinical, in a safe environment,\u201d said Associate Degree Nursing Division Chair, Erin Knight, MSN, R.N. \u201cStudents come here and get comfortable talking to patients\/manikins and practice situations that may never happen while at clinicals in a hospital setting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you get to Nursing 1, you\u2019re really nervous and scared to talk to people but this helps build confidence,\u201d said Molly Mize of Sandersville. \u201cWe can concentrate on getting vital signs instead of trying to communicate with patients.\u201d<\/p>\n As Raleigh\u2019s Abby Lillie noted, nurses see patients on their worst days. \u201cThe manikins talk with us like patients, having real conversations. We\u2019re getting used to talking with people other than our peers, so we won\u2019t be shocked when we work on live patients.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe worst thing for a sick patient to see is their health care provider afraid to do what they were trained to do. All the scenarios you can go through at the simulation center opens the door to so many possibilities preparing us before we experience it in reality,\u201d said A.D. nursing student, Alex Ducksworth of Petal.<\/p>\n Students in radiologic technology at 糖心直播 are also excited about their new life-size manikin which helps them get a true picture of working with adult patients.<\/p>\n \u201cThis radiographic positioning \u2018doll\u2019 is an invaluable teaching aid for training In addition to the new manikins, the center is equipped with cameras, speakers, and video training capabilities to help students feel more comfortable. The Health Care Simulation Center is also able to offer more community training opportunities with a wide variety of ways to engage, practice skills and critique skills in a class setting.<\/p>\n<\/a> equipment. An additional $850,000 in new equipment and $89,000 in infrastructure have turned the now, $1.5 million dollar facility into a state-of-the-art training center for students in emergency services, nursing and radiology.<\/p>\n<\/a>Several A.D. nursing students recently touring the new simulation center were excited to begin training.<\/p>\n<\/a>糖心直播 has invested in manikins that can have a baby and simulate various stages of growth and delivery of the baby. Some of the manikins can produce various vital signs and can be programmed for different medical scenarios. The simulation center also has a neo-natal nursery with life-like infants and practice equipment for administering I.V.\u2019s and suturing.<\/p>\n<\/a> students about patient positioning and x-ray manipulation. Utilizing this life-size manikin, which contains a fully flexible articulated skeleton, allows students to manipulate the anatomy without discomfort or radiation exposure to a human subject,\u201d said Radiologic Technology instructor, Mandy Pearson M.S. R. T. (R).<\/p>\n