Wolters Kluwer continues to innovate with their collaborators by adding new features to vSim for Nursing and launching vrClinicals for Nursing, which introduces students to a care environment metaverse through VR technology. Using vSim for Nursing and vrClinicals for Nursing together allows students to progressively build their clinical judgment and prioritization skills by moving from single to multi-patient care in a busy hospital, making them more prepared for real-world challenges.
Equipping nursing students and faculty with vital cross-curriculum tools
Designed specifically to address the unique challenges of today’s nursing environment, where more practice-ready, clinically competent nurses are critically needed, simulation-based learning tools like vSim for Nursing produce students who are more ready to enter the healthcare setting. The true power of Wolters Kluwer's simulation products emerges when vSim for Nursing and vrClinicals for Nursing are combined with other experiential learning products such as Lippincott® Client Cases for Clinical Judgment and Lippincott® Docucare. Together, they provide the opportunity for safe, repeatable practice that helps develop confidence in life-like scenarios.
Making a lasting impact on the nursing workforce
Since 2014, vSim for Nursing has been a top virtual simulation tool for U.S. nursing programs, as it personalizes learning and allows each student unique patient interactions, for which they then receive feedback. The new 'Clinical Judgment in Action' feature builds competence in patient-centered care through reflective learning, fostering critical thinking and preparing students for the NCLEX®.
“With vSim for Nursing, our students have been able to acquire the clinical decision-making skills needed for patient care through an integrated approach that fosters learning and independent thinking,” said Jacqueline Semaan, MSN, CHSE, RNC-LRN Nursing Skills Lab Coordinator, Simulation Coordinator at Lake Superior College. “The integration of virtual simulation into our nursing curriculum has made a tremendous impact for our students–we are now seeing higher NCLEX pass rates and over 90% of our students are finding employment after graduation.”
Later this month, Wolters Kluwer will participate in Meta’s XR Healthcare Education Day in New York City, to discuss how immersive technology will help shape the future of patient care and training for the next generation of providers. As part of the Lippincott® Partnership for Nursing Education and Testing, vSim for Nursing is used in pre-licensure nursing education programs alongside a curriculum suite intentionally designed to ready nursing students for real-world practice.
