Identify the changing health condition of a patient who has undergone a nephrectomy and provide appropriate care.

Dans cette simulation, vous devrez évaluer et intervenir adéquatement auprès d’un patient présentant un trouble cardiaque.

Following a fall on the ice, Ms. Robert goes to the emergency room where, after certain tests, she is diagnosed with a hip fracture. After preoperative preparation, the patient leaves for the operating room. Back in her room after her total hip replacement surgery, the patient refuses to move and develops leg pain after a […]

Mrs. Claudine Jones, 50 years old, is presently at the oncology unit for post-operative care. She has just undergone a modified radical mastectomy on her left breast with ganglion resection. She has been in the recovery room for 45 minutes. According to the attending nurse’s report, the surgery went as planned and without complications, and […]

A 10-year-old girl is at the school playground with her friends. She suddenly becomes short of breath. She has recently immigrated to Canada from Hungary with her parents.

This virtual simulation game focuses on a series of healthcare encounters with a patient who has had an emergency hip arthroplasty. The scenario progresses from a simple wound to a complex wound. First, we see the patient in the hospital prior to discharge. The nurse completes a dressing change and wound assessment and notes the […]

The focus of this scenario is on the principles of incentive spirometry (IS) and the importance of using this technique in the care of your post operative patient.

This simulation focuses on stroke management. The patient is a 65 y/o female who was admitted to the medical unit from the nursing home with pneumonia (accompainied by delirium and dehydration) for IV antibiotics therapy 8 days ago. The patient also suffers from comorbidity and is taking multiple medications to treat them. The learners will […]

The patient is, 80 year old, who has undergone a right hemicolectomy with temporary colostomy for adenocarcinoma of the colon. Past health includes hypertension x 10 years treated with metoprolol 25 mg BID, coversyl 5 mg daily. He had an uneventful surgery, with estimated blood loss of 200 mL. They were stable throughout the OR […]

Une patiente de 78 ans à l’étage de la chirurgie en est à son deuxième jour post-opératoire. La patiente refuse de se déplacer après l’opération et développe une thrombose veineuse profonde dans son mollet droit. Aujourd’hui, elle est venue aux urgences et la patiente a signalé qu’elle était essoufflée et que sa respiration était très […]

78-year-old female patient is on day 2 post-op on the surgery floor. The patient refuses to ambulate postoperatively and develops a deep vein thrombosis in her right calf. Today she came to the ER and patient reports being short of breath and that her breathing is very ‘fast’

This scenario will follow the nurse’s responsibilities in an adult prepating for surgery; from the preoperative assessment to the arrival at the surgical suite.

The patient is a 64 y/o male has had a transverse partial colectomy for colon cancer, and is two hours post-surgery.

Keith Gregor is a 26-year-old male with a 10-year history of ulcerative colitis resulting in a colectomy 14 months ago and placement of ileostomy. He presented to ER with a 36-hour history of vomiting and increased ileostomy output. He was pale, tachycardic and hypotensive. Bloodwork shows hypernatremia and dehydration. He was given 2 L of […]

You are enacting the role of a nurse on a surgical unit in a hospital. Throughout the simulation, you will be asked to select the correct response to various questions posed which will then illuminate the continue button to enable you to progress.

The patient was arriving at home when they suddenly started with respiratory distress.

In this scenario you will care for a client receiving a blood product who experiences a mild transfusion reaction.

Mildred Patterson, 70 years old is in the cardiovascular surgical inpatient unit, 5 days post quadruple bypass surgery. She is scheduled for discharge later today when she reports to the nurse she fell through the night.

This template is a generic and comprehensive guide for the development and documentation of simulation scenarios. It is intended to be applicable to any profession (including interprofessional scenarios), any healthcare field, and for most simulation modalities. Members of the Simulation Canada community produced it following a review of the literature on best practices in scenario […]

The PEARLS for Systems Integration Debreifng Tool is now available as a free colour download.

This is an instrument to measure situation awareness in nurses participating in a patient deterioration simulation scenario. It measures nurses’ perception of quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., vital signs, level of consciousness) and less quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., breath sounds, agitation, new pain). It also measures nurses’ comprehension of the meaning of these signs […]

Since the publication of the 2011 report Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, few tools have been developed to evaluate attitudes that reflect the competencies. The Interprofessional Assessment Scale (IPAS) was developed and validated with this purpose in mind.

A generally healthy 35-year-old woman comes to the hospital for day surgery. She received a dose of cefalexin pre-operatively. Soon after, she begins to complain of itchiness and a rash. This proceeds to a full anaphylactic reaction that the team must manage.

A 35-year-old woman comes to hospital for day surgery. The induction of anesthesia goes smoothly. Early in the procedure the patient becomes hypotensive and hypoxemic. The participants must recognize and respond to an air/CO2 embolus.