LewisGale Regional Health System wants to help solve the nursing shortage. This week, it unveiled a nearly 6,000 square foot ...

Inside the new LewisGale and HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement is a simulation center where nurses are stepping into emergency situations that look, sound, and even feel like the real ...

Manikins and realistic hospital settings help doctors, nurses and other medical staff practice situations before treating patients. The simulation center aims to improve training and patient safety.

Healthcare Simulation is designed to bridge classroom learning with real-life clinical experience, with the goal of improving patient care and developing quality nursing professionals.

Pamela Aaltonen, associate head of nursing, at the center dedication. The student interaction space is named in her honor. (Photo by Rebecca Wilcox) Anyone who has visited a modern hospital would find ...

The University has opened its second Clinical Simulation Center, a 7,500-square-foot space located in Medical Science Building II. The new center goes beyond the original, smaller facility, allowing ...

The Simulation Center provides a psychologically safe, realistic learning environment for medical students, residents, clinicians and other health care professionals at all levels of practice. We ...

Doctor, the patient's blood pressure is 80 over 60," says the nurse. But, focused on the patient's breathing difficulty, the doctor misses the blood pressure number and orders the nurse to inject a ...

RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - With so many programs and trainings running online due to COVID-19, people have been questioning whether students will be ready for real-world scenarios after school. “They’ll ...

A historical criticism of healthcare industry is that it is slow to change. Faced with the pandemic however, providers had to shift their clinical protocols and train staff overnight to adapt to the ...