Keyword: CAN-Sim
Pediatric Medication Administration
Jamie, a 10-year-old who identifies as female, presents to the ER with her mother with a ‘sore arm’. Jamie received a mosquito bite five days ago, which was pruritic. This morning, Jamie experienced pain in her arm. Her mother noted the arm was red, swollen and painful. The symptoms were increasing in severity during the […]
Read more »Nursing Assessment: Schizophrenia
A 20 year old male (pronouns he/him) meeting with the community mental health nurse during an initial online appointment. With his consent, his mother initiated this meeting to discuss what resources are available to support her son in the community. You are the mental health nurse and need to conduct the assessment.
Read more »Recognition and Nursing Care of a Patient Experiencing Anaphylaxis
Amira Mohamed, a 36-year-old refugee from Syria with a history of lung damage from previous exposure to a chlorine gas bombing, is admitted for shortness of breath (SOB). She became increasingly SOB over a 2-day period during the past 7 days. She was admitted to hospital 2 days ago with SOB and fever. Repeat chest […]
Read more »Pediatric Abdominal Assessment
A 10 year old female who is accompanied by her mother is presenting to the ER with complaints of abdominal pain for the past week,which has increased in intensity to 7/10 in the past 24 hours.
Read more »Communication with a Client Newly Diagnosed with Cancer
This game focuses on knowledge of prostate cancer, and the communication skills required to guide the client and their spouse in making treatment decisions.
Read more »Surgical Wound Care
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 […]
Read more »Stroke Management
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 […]
Read more »Respiratory Depression r/t Narcotic Overdose
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 […]
Read more »Pre-Operative Teaching
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.
Read more »Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance
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 […]
Read more »Assessing Level of Consciousness
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.
Read more »Postpartum Assessment
This virtual simulation game focuses on a virtual healthcare encounter between a nurse nursing student and a mother who just gave birth, working in primary care. The intended learners are undergraduate nursing students (years2-4) having knowledge of maternity nursing. This learning experience incorporates the BUBBLE mnemonic (Breast, Uterus, Bowels, Bladder, Lochia, Episiotomy/Laceration/C-Section Incision) method of […]
Read more »Multi-patient Prioritization of Care
This virtual simulation focuses on the prioritization of care among multiple patients. Three patients have been assigned to a newly hired nurse to a medical unit at a community hospital. The learning outcomes of this simulation is to recognize relevant cues that reflects the patient status to make timely interventions, demonstrate the ability to synthesize […]
Read more »Assessment of an Older Adult in an Emergency Situation
This virtual simulation focuses on assessment of an 80 y/o female who was found unwell at home by her daughter. The patient has experienced increased lethargy and nausea, as well as increasingly severe vomiting and diarrhea in the past 24 hours. The case will focus on an older adult patient from inital assessment through diagnosis […]
Read more »Health Promotion in the Rural Setting: Differing Priorities
This virtual simulation game focuses on communication with a patient with different priorities. It identifies abnormal assessment data through analyzing relevant objective and subjective data to prioritize nursing interventions. This learning experience incorporates a CARE Steps model in order to foster effective mutual goal setting with a client. The learner will take on the role […]
Read more »MMR Vaccine Hesitancy
This virtual simulation game focuses on a virtual healthcare encounter between a nurse or nurse practitioner working in primary care. The intended learners are undergraduate nursing students (year 3 or 4) and nurse practitioner students. This learning experience incorporates the CASE Method, a framework that health care providers can use to guide conversations with parents […]
Read more »Collaboration and Teamwork
This virtual simulation focuses on interprofessional teamwork and collaboration focused on the care of a morbidly obese woman who is admitted after a fall resulting in no injuries but unable to ambulate. After several days on the unit, she shares she is confused about the roles of team members and how they work together. She […]
Read more »Communication in High Stress Situations
The patient has been transferred to the telemetry unit for recurrent narrow complex tachycardia and is being assessed for ablation therapy.The patient experiences another episode of a narrow complex tachycardia accompanied by hypotension.The rapid response team arrives to assist with the deteriorating patient,when the nurse experiences verbal abuse from a team member.
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