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FRIDAY, JAN. 20 to SUNDAY, JAN. 22, 2012 VOLUME 106 ISSUE 59
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spiratory therapists and all these other specialists. We have them come in and show students how to communicate in a hospital environment,” Wong explained.
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Nursing students practice in the new high-tech simulation lab, which was completed earlier this month. A NTONIO L AMB Staff Writer
The University of Hawai‘i opened a state-of-the-art nursing simulation facility stocked with high-tech replica medical equipment and lifelike mannequins earlier this month. With private and state funding, the university began construction last year and fi nally finished the center this month, making UH Mānoa’s School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene one of the most technologically advanced in the Pacific region.
BENEFIT TO STUDENTS Although the facility has been fi nished since Jan. 6, most of the students have only had an orientation session to prepare for their fi rst simulations, as many will not begin until next week.
“There are a few of us who have already had classes in the simulation lab,” said Trisha Carinio, a student in the program. “We’ve all had simulation lab experience before they finished renovating, but it was a lot different. The new facility is far more advanced. It has multiple rooms; an ER room; and high-fidelity mannequins that can blink, cry, and even have a pulse,” she explained. Carinio believes the facility will give students real-life experience that will prepare them for successful careers abroad and in Hawai‘i. “[The simulations] help us get used to the hospital environment. Our clinical instructor guides us through the processes and the whole class becomes much more of a hands-on experience,” she said.
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answer the high demand for medical professionals in Hawai‘i. “In the future, I want to further my education and become a nurse practitioner. After I graduate, I plan to join the Navy Nurse Corps and then eventually come back to practice in Hawai‘i,” she said. “These students will probably stay in Hawai‘i and transition into practice, and I think the people who will benefit are not only [the students], but every citizen on the islands, and not only this island, but across all the Pacific Rim,” said Dr. Lorrie Wong, one of the leading instructors of the simulation center. “Simulation is a teaching methodology, and we are trying to use it to promote safe, quality nursing care. What we offer is very unique, because the students get to work with real doctors, re-
But even though the center is technologically advanced, it still requires work. “Students never know how much work it actually takes to get everything up and running,” said Natalie Anderson, one of the simtechs who works behind the scenes. “But it’s all worth it when everything comes through. Just one simulation takes a lot of work. One 20 -minute class takes the effort of 10 people.” In order to operate the facility that the students perform in, trained technicians spend each day preparing the lifelike mannequins for class sessions. As the students operate on the dummy, the technicians and instructors control the mannequin and much of the hospital environment from behind a closed master control room. The mannequins are so responsive and lifelike that the simtechs can fi nely adjust all of their life signs quickly for better student education in a variety of situations. “The important thing is that our students can learn and make mistakes, and no one will get hurt. They don’t have to worry that they are going to make a fatal error. Here, we can let them make critical decisions and follow through with their actions,” said Wong. “Students say this helps them better understand what is going on.”
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WEEKEND EVENTS Eddie Griffin, Winter Wonderland and lion dances
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Hip-hop artist to share story with students
THOUGHTS ON SOUNDS Lou Reed and Metallica’s collaboration misses the mark
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