Do most schools have talking mannequins?

[TeleNurse2010]

http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/health_article.aspx?storyid=138027

I thought this was an interesting article about BJCON name change. I haven't started nursing school yet and would like to know if most schools have the life-like mannequins as described in the article. The school sounds pretty neat. Thanks to all who reply!

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

Ys, many nursing programs do. These "mannequins" are called, SimMan patient simulators:

http://www.laerdal.com/document.asp?docid=1022609

[allthingsbright]

yup, and they are a pain in the %^#!

[Duckyaryj]

I agree with allthingsbright! They are a complete PIA!!! It didnt help that they were introduced in our last 2 classes when we had already had over 6 months of pt contact. The instructors were new to it also. So my experience with them was not good but they are still a good tool if your taught right on them

[BeccaznRN, RN]

We had sim-man, aka "Sam," when I went to UMSL. Frankly, it sucked. I remember that I couldn't hear the heartbeat over the horribly loud mechanical-sounding respirations and had to tell my instructor that during the middle of my head-to-toe assessment on Sam. Also couldn't get the proper blood pressure reading to save my life.

We were supposed to be able to do all these cool things with him and when all was said and done, it was still just a dummy that could spout out some one-liners.

[Duckyaryj]

we have to talk for our dummies

[smk1, LPN]

we have sim man and sim baby. We also have some others that are really cool. You can deliver a baby, run IV fluids, actually use the AED to shock during your mock codes etc...

[WDWpixieRN, RN]

We have one, but I have to agree with Becca -- it's not all "that". While the concept is kind of cool and some of the things the "dummy" does are neat, there's still a lot of room for it working like a live patient. We do a number of simulator situations during the course of our education. Live patients are much better, lol!!