Skills lab ideas

[epuffenbarger]

I have recently started working with a school of practical nursing doing fundamentals and a skills lab 2Xweek for 3 hours each lab.

I am currently doing physical assessment (head-to-toes). Any suggestions for skills lab games or activities to keep the students engaged? Last week I had them do a head-to-toe on each other and write a narrative note. I feel like it would be boring to have them do the same thing each time. Any ideas to keep skills lab fresh and interesting?

[nurse2033, MSN, RN]

What skills are they supposed to be learning?

[HappyWife77, BSN, RN]

Set up different stations in the lab, then you apply different scenarios to each station. Perhaps set up a case and different diagnosis at each one, written on an index card. Then they could write mock assessments related to the case.