Herding Cats!

We are just beginning the second round of NURS404 students in the Public Health Clinic. There are a total of three separate virtual reality simulation experiences: five family health scenarios, one plane crash disaster and one safety house. There are three different cohorts out here at one time for a total of 62 students. The orientation was crazy but most students caught on quickly. The first round was this summer and included 15 students.

                             Here are the Wednesday Night's Group orienting to the Public Health Clinic

                            Zelda to the rescue - hanging out awaiting students with questions.

Virtual Poster Presentation at the Bethel University Nursing Research and Practice Symposium

For the first time this year, two groups of senior nursing students presented their posters virtually via Second Life on Nightingale Isle. The students signed on to Second Life from the simulation debriefing rooms. There were computers set up in the gym along with the regular posters.  The poster judges donned headsets and interacted with the student avatars. It was a great experience for the students and a new experience for the judges. The keynote for the night, Brian Kaihoi (AKA Svea Morane) webmaster from the Mayo Clinic, watched the process and enjoyed the interactions with the students.  Overall, it was a great experience, and ended up being much cheaper than printing the posters.  

National League for Nursing Immersive Sessions

Jane and I have been invited to present our work on Nightingale Isle at the National League for Nursing (NLN) Immersive Sessions in Chicago on June 4th.  We are busy getting prepared for the three-hour session, including running the NLN ACES Henry and Ertha scenario. Here are some pictures from the preparation. Oura, our builder has really been helping us to set up functional spaces for nursing education. More to come! 

South Street Public Health Clinic

The new South Street Public Health Clinic is now open. The BSN degree completion program was in need of some alternate clinical experiences, so we designed some clinical activities to take place on Nightingale Isle. The first part is comprised of five family health simulation scenarios

                       Zelda hard at work at the new Public Health Clinic 

                                     The Public Health Clinic Lobby Area 

        This area of the clinic has four different simulation rooms            

                                                

                                 

This room is the teen clinic where there is a patient who is 17-years-old and 5 months pregnant. 

This is a picture of the multidisciplinary team meeting. They are meeting about 8 -year-old Elsie who has just been diagnosed with autism. The team meeting includes the parents, social worker, teacher, therapist and school nurse

 This scenario is about a woman who is 6 weeks Postpartum. 
Her husband is out of work and she is exhibiting signs of Postpartum   depression

 This is a scenario with a single mom of three who comes to the clinic after her 5-year-old son was diagnosed with diabetes. Her "uncle" brought her. He sleeps on her couch and is an alcoholic 

This scenario involves a single mom who is applying for WIC clinic. 

South Street clinic update

Wow~ where has the time gone? That is what happens when the semester begins with a bang and keeps going at mach speed. There has been a lot going on out in Nightingale Isle in the past couple months.  We completed the first round of the clinical reasoning assignment - moving 83 students through South Side Clinic between February 15th and May 5th. Each of the students "took care" of four different patients, all who had diabetes plus at least one other health issue. In addition, all the "patients" had one mental health issue. One of the patients was a "bot" that was programmed to answer specific questions, two patients were visited through the Second Life notecard system, and the last one, Emma, an elderly woman, had heart failure and anxiety in addition to her diabetes. The results of the research project will be compiled this summer. Overall, most of the students found it to be a good learning experience. This summer we will review the results and make changes for next year.

Final Preparations for the Virtual Clinical Reasoning Day for Junior Nursing Students

The Clinical Reasoning Day for Junior Nursing Students at Bethel University will begin on February 19th and continue every Tues and Thursday until May. There will be four patients with Chronic illnesses, including mental health issues. The students will get a pre-brief in the South Street clinic conference room, take time gathering patient information in a simulated EHR, and then will see all four patients. They will answer questions about each patient, and turn in a reflection within a week. At the end of the clinical day the students will all meet together with faculty and debrief the experience.  We look forward to see how this unfolds.

International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare 2013 Preconference Workshop

The Pre-Conference at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare 2013 was a great success.  We had 13 healthcare professionals participate.  During the session, the participants made an avatar, learned how to move about, build, change their clothes and explore Second Life. After the initial orientation, they were oriented to several different teaching/learning activities including medical simulation, activities for Public Health and an ambulatory care clinical experience.  See the full presentation on Slideshare.      

http://www.slideshare.net/jotiff1/explore-the-magic-final

Movin' and Shakin' on Nightingale Isle

We have been busy developing new assignments for students using Nightingale Isle. Here are a few pictures. 

 Zelda in South Street Clinic getting ready to chart on her patient.

 A City Streetscape used in Community Health for Windshield surveys

 One of the Medical Simulation Rooms in the Simulation Center in Nightingale Isle

 More Simulation Activities

 A lecture out in Nightingale Isle

 Giving tours to some new professionals visiting the island.

 Setting up for a meeting in the South Street Clinic using Google Docs

Another view of the South Street Clinic