Looking for hands-on tools to help teach fundamental skills in nursing? We’ve created a variety of trainers and simulators that give students the ability to practice their skills as much as they feel necessary to become competent and confident. Read on to explore a selection of learning aids that are especially great for teaching foundational nursing skills.
1. Auscultation Trainer
Use our award-winning Auscultation Trainer to teach students fundamental skills in nursing, like rib palpation, stethoscope placement, and how to accurately recognize heart, lung, and bowel sounds. With this trainer, every student in your classroom gets the same opportunity to diagnose over 40 scenarios by listening to 21 different sounds through this trainer’s RealityScope™ stethoscope attachment.
2. Blood Pressure Simulator
Teach fundamental skills in nursing, such as proper techniques for taking blood pressure, prior to actual clinical experience with this unique Blood Pressure Simulator. This simulator can aid in scaffolding learning by having students start using it in practice mode before graduating to assessment mode and, eventually, working with a real patient.
3. Adult and Pediatric ECG Simulators
Use our award-winning adult and Pediatric ECG Simulators to teach fundamental skills in nursing, like accurate placement of ECG/EKG leads on the body of an adult or four-year-old child through rib palpation; how to read 3-, 4-, 5-, and 12-lead rhythms; and how to recognize those rhythms on screen and in hard copy.
4. Leadership Soft Skills Program
From conflict management to honesty, teach 18 different leadership soft skills with this comprehensive Leadership Soft Skills Program. It can be used as a standalone course or to supplement a current program. The program includes a teacher guide, 20 student workbooks, slide presentations, and 20 scenario cards.
5. Adult Nursing Manikin
Use this award-winning Adult Nursing Manikin to create realistic, interactive scenarios for practicing fundamental skills in nursing with over 20 basic care procedures, including CPR, hair and face washing, and eye care. Students can practice each of these skills as much as necessary to feel confident in their skills.
6. Bariatric Nursing Manikin
Create more realistic patient care practice scenarios with this unique Bariatric Nursing Manikin, which represents a 350-pound male. With this realistic manikin, every student gets the same opportunity to prepare for the unique challenges associated with bariatric or obese patients, such as range of motion exercises, perineal care, and patient transfer and lifting.
7. Multipurpose Venous Training Arm
With realistic vein penetration and blood flashback, our Multipurpose Venous Training Arm provides lifelike opportunities for teaching fundamental skills in nursing. Use this training arm to practice basic intramuscular injection, medication administration, basic intravenous insertion, and venipuncture procedures.
8. Catheterization Trainers
Our Vinyl Male and Female Catheterization Simulators and Male and Female Catheterization Trainers on Stands include realistic genitalia with accurate urine flashback. Students can train with proper positioning and resistance that mimics actual catheterization. Use these trainers to give students authentic, hands-on catheterization practice.
Additional Resources
- Watch our free, on-demand webinar, Enhancing Health Science Education: Developing Soft Skills Through Scenario-Based Learning
- See how our ECG Simulator and other learning aids are used to enhance nurse aide training in this customer story
- Explore tools for teaching foundational LPN skills in this blog post
