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News Archive
26.03.2013
The School of Nursing and Midwifery clinical simulation hub was officially launched on the 25th March 2013 by Professor Geraldine McCarthy, Emeritus Professor and former head of School. The facility can be transformed to represent various locations of a hospital environment. Equipped with an impressive array of high fidelity adult and child mannequins, students can engage in realistic clinical scenarios without risk to patients. In this way they can be prepared to manage any number of acute clinical events they may encounter.
This facility adds to the extensive existing clinical skills facilities within the school and is the first School of Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland to develop simulation facilities of this nature. The event was attended by many colleagues from UCC, UCG, and UL and from associated University teaching Hospitals. Recent events in health care both in Ireland and worldwide have highlighted the importance of Patient Safety initiatives. Addresses by Professor Eileen Savage (current Head of School) and Professor John Higgins (Head of College of Medicine and Health) emphasised the ultimate goal of developing patient safety training programs and interdisciplinary learning opportunities within the Centre.
As part of the event Six final year undergraduate BSC Nursing students kindly agreed to participate in a simulation which was viewed though a one way viewing system by those attending. The CSSRC team -Sinead O’ Brien, Samantha Riordan, Thomas Erlandsson, Tony Archer and Nuala Walshe - were delighted with the interest shown by participants and visitors on this special occasion.
The suite consists of three high-fidelity simulation rooms which replicate a standard hospital high dependency unit environment. Each location is equipped with an extensive range of information technology and audio-visual equipment, thus equipped as one would expect to see in an acute hospital.