Nursing

New shared simulation lab will boost enrollments in three CA schools

Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, June 11, 2007

Mr. Sim may help curb the nursing shortage in California.

The robotic mannequin is part of a new state-of-the-art simulation center that will be used by three schools: the College of Marin, Dominican University, and Sonoma State University. The hope is that students can fulfill up to 25% of their clinical requirement through simulation training, which, in turn, will make room for 20% more students, officials estimate.

The 12 robotic mannequins that will make up the center are worth about $300,000. Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health, which operate the region's three major hospitals, both contributed $30,000 to the project.

Sources: Marin (CA) Independent Journal and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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