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Beyond the Classroom/Outreach (SNHS)
ABOUT Beyond the Classroom/Outreach (SNHS)
Skills Laboratories
Nursing is a practice-oriented profession with combination of the art and science of care and cure. In order to equip nursing students properly with requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes, and to achieve positive learning outcomes, faculty in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences use a variety of teaching and learning strategies outside the classroom including skills laboratories, simulation, telehealth, and clinical practicum. Skills laboratory allow faculty to demonstrate skills and students to practice and return-demonstrate their skills mastery. In addition, prior to sending students out to clinical settings, they are exposed to simulation that mimics real-life encounter including labor and delivery experiences, birthing, newborn care and a variety of medical surgical nursing situations.
Telehealth
Students learn to communicate and become familiar with telehealth equipment and procedures. Telehealth equipment make it possible for students to observe examinations on themselves (i.e., internal ear or eye exam) and receive clinical instruction as the exam proceeds.
Examples of skills practiced with telehealth equipment during this simulation training session include auscultation of the heart and lungs with a Bluetooth (Bluetooth SIG, Inc, Kirkland, WA)-enabled stethoscope, inspection of the skin with a Bluetooth-enabled dermatology lens, visualization of the ear canal and nasal passage using a Bluetooth-enabled otoscope lens, and inspection of a simulated cervix using a hand-held colposcope. In addition to learning about telehealth equipment and how it is used to provide care in the most remote and rural areas of Alabama, students also learn about current state telehealth regulations and reimbursements.
Work Experience
ABAC’s nursing students are placed in a variety of health care settings, which allow them to be immersed in the entire spectrum of health care. These strategies culminate in producing not only competent but beginning registered nurses who are ready to meet the challenges of the nursing world.
