Mastering CNA foundational skills is a must for your health science students’ success in this career path. From empathy to catheterization, these learning aids can help your students learn the most important CNA skills. These simulators and kits can help students learn in an equitable classroom, where all students get the same access to learning and can practice as much as they personally need to gain confidence and competence.
Geriatric Simulator
Use our award-winning Geriatric Simulator to help students develop CNA foundational skills, like empathy towards older patients and individuals with limited mobility. This wearable simulator enables students to personally experience a variety of physical and visual challenges, such as stooped posture, restricted range of motion, glaucoma, and more.
Pressure Injury Simulation Kit
The Pressure Injury Simulation Kit (formerly known as Decubitus Ulcer Simulation Kit) is a hands-on treatment simulator. It contains realistic, lifelike models of stages one through four pressure injuries as well as one heel wound pressure injury. The injury models are pliable and can be placed on human or manikin skin.
Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit
Use the Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit to help students understand common sensory challenges older adult patients face and develop CNA foundational skills, like geriatric nursing skills. This kit includes the Hearing Impairment, Geriatric Arthritis, and Geriatric Tremor Simulators. Students can use the simulators in this kit to experience tinnitus, hand tremors, moderate arthritis, and more.
Catheterization Simulators
Our Vinyl Male and Female Catheterization Simulators give students a hands-on, true-to-life opportunity to practice general urethral catheterization procedures, one of many CNA foundational skills, on a life-size pelvis model with realistic genitalia. Use Realityworks’ catheterization simulators to give students authentic catheterization practice with accurate urine flashback.
Geriatric Nursing Manikin
The Geriatric Nursing Manikin is an older adult medical teaching tool that features realistic joints and size. Students can use it to practice CNA foundational skills with its over 15 basic nursing functions, from scalp and face washing to colostomy care. It includes a curriculum that addresses basic patient care procedures.
Blood Pressure Simulator
Use this award-winning Blood Pressure Simulator to teach CNA foundational skills by helping students practice proper techniques for taking blood pressure prior to actual clinical experience. This simulator aids in the scaffolding instructional method with its practice and assessment modes. The wearable simulator distinguishes blood pressure sounds and Korotkoff phases.
Geriatric Skin Conditions Simulation Set
The Geriatric Skin Conditions Simulation Set is a unique aging skin condition training tool. This kit includes nine realistic models of common geriatric skin conditions. Students can adhere these models to human as well as manikin skin and examine the detailed tissue. The set includes models of shingles, dry skin, benign and cancerous lesions, and more.
Hemiplegia Simulator
The Hemiplegia Simulator is a wearable simulator that enables users to experience paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia). This helps them gain an understanding of patients’ disabilities due to stroke or similar conditions. It includes a curriculum that addresses the physical effects of hemiplegia, plus presentation slides and assessment activities.
Geriatric Medication Management Simulation Kit
The Geriatric Medication Management Simulation Kit helps students learn CNA foundational skills. Students will use the kit to build empathy and understanding of the challenges older adults face when they have multiple medications to manage. The kit enables users to experience a loss of tactile sensation and visual impairments while trying to manage several prescriptions.
Diabetes Education Kit
The Diabetes Education Kit is a comprehensive package for teaching the impact of diabetes on many body parts. The kit includes models and simulators, as well as activities to provide students with experiences promoting diabetes management and prevention. Students can get an up-close, hands-on look at the Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Diabetes Type II Models.
Geriatric Foot Care Model
This detailed, life-size Geriatric Foot Care Model features a variety of conditions. These include bunions, corns, nail fungus, athlete’s foot, plantar warts, ingrown nails, diabetic ulceration, heel callus, and sutured laceration. The model features realistic, pliable skin and full-color detail. It comes with a downloadable curriculum with lessons on common foot conditions assessment, causes, and treatments as well as patient-focused care.
Nursing Career: Geriatric Patients Scenario Cards
These Nursing Career: Geriatric Patients Scenario Cards cover real-world situations in nursing careers when working with geriatric patients. Use these cards to develop soft skills through small-group discussions, large-group icebreakers, or individual challenges. Use the cards to teach CNA foundational skills, supplement existing employability skills, teach a complete unit on skills, and more.
Additional Resources
Looking for more resources for teaching CNA foundational skills?
- Watch our free, on-demand webinar about developing health science soft skills through scenario-based learning
- See how you can implement these tools in you CNA program here
- Explore all our CNA teaching tools here
