Pregnant robot set to improve training in Kansas City
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 25, 2006
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The use of simulation training continues to grow at universities and hospitals across the country. It's growing in the stomach area, too.
Noelle, a pregnant birthing simulator, has found her way to St. Mary's Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center, two hospitals in the Kansas City area. The full-sized robot comes with a baby, a placenta, and a monitoring system. Both robot mother and child can simulate complications, including a placental eruption or a caesarian section.
The setup, which costs about $5,000, will be used on up to a dozen surprise simulations with staff each year, hospital officials say. The hope is that perinatal safety at the hospitals will rise, while the risks involved in childbirth will fall.
Source: Kansas City Nursing News
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