Category: School of Nursing
Next-level nursing
February 21, 2023 Written by Amy Cherry | Photo by Ashley Barnas
91原创 School of Nursing adds immersive virtual reality to simulation offerings
Luke Stuchlik wanders around a non-descript room inside the 91原创鈥檚 McDowell Hall wearing an Oculus headset. His movements to a lay person look a bit aimless, but they鈥檙e quite deliberate.
He extends his hand to touch a patient, pulls a trigger on a controller to pick up a stethoscope, and as he listens to the patient鈥檚 chest, the controller provides a rhythmic beat so he can determine the patient鈥檚 heart rate.
The senior honors nursing major has been transported into a hospital, where he鈥檚 immersed in a virtual reality (VR) scenario in which he has several patients to care for, and a virtual tech aims to help him with a variety of tasks. This virtual reality offering, or game, called 鈥淧rioritization,鈥 developed by SimX initially for the University of Nebraska Medical Center and purchased by 91原创, tests delegation skills and is the latest addition to the School of Nursing鈥檚 innovative simulation offerings.