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i-Human Patients virtually simulated patient encounters for undergraduate nursing students were thoughtfully developed with the RN/PN in mind. Students interact with a life-like patient that breathes, blinks, answers questions, and responds to intervention.
Virtual Patient Encounters
Students interact with virtual patients in a comprehensive patient encounter from history to nursing notes.
- Full Undergraduate Nursing Case catalog
- Diverse representation of age, gender, and ethnicity in avatars.
- Supporting avatars, including family members and caretakers
- Specialty/Course Bundles including Med-Surg, Pediatrics, Women’s Health and Mental Health
- All cases mapped to AACN Essentials to align with Competency-Based Curriculum
Cases Authored by Experienced Nurses
Standardized cases allow for objective, consistent grading across students and instructors
Auto-scoring provides immediate feedback and saves hours of grading time for faculty
24/7 availability on laptops and tablets wherever an internet connection is available
Improve Clinical Judgment
Virtual patient encounters assist students in gaining confidence in their clinical judgement skills throughout nursing school, as they prepare for the NCLEX® exam and beyond. Students gain confidence through interactions with virtual patients in a comprehensive encounter as they review the electronic health record, perform assessments, develop care plans, and document nursing notes in an immersive practice environment.
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Start with the chart
Begin by immersing students in clinical experiences without overwhelming them. Let them spend time with a patient’s chart, getting familiar with the details, and learning how to identify important details. Read a patient’s electronic health record:
● Begin looking for clues
● Identify important details that should be documented -
Meet the patient
Often one of the most intimidating steps for a new nurse, i-Human Patients allows students to practice communicating with a patient:
● Greet the patient
● Ask the patient questions
● Take a patient history
● Document key findings from the encounter -
Complete a Physical Exam & Analyze Cues
Students can complete a wide range of procedures - i-Human will keep track to help them understand which are/aren’t appropriate for the case:
● Listen to the patient’s heartbeat and lung sounds with the stethoscope
● Use the Sphygmomanometer take the patient’s blood pressure
● Inspect wounds, rashes, bandages, stitches, etc with integrated images and video from our multimedia library
● Document findings
● Analyze patient cues -
Categorize Findings & Prioritize Hypotheses
Students review their documented findings to categorize and prioritize actions:
● Group findings into system/concept
● Prioritize by system
● Document decisions in i-Human -
Generate Solutions
Students review their documented findings to categorize and prioritize actions:
● Choose appropriate action steps
● Designate: Stat, Urgent, or Routine -
Evaluate Outcomes
Students review their documented findings to categorize and prioritize actions:
● Students wrap it up here in the nurse notes - documenting their key findings - assessment, SBAR, SOAP note
● Review the summary of the case
Standardized, fully-documented cases and integrated learning resources become the “textbook” for the course
Auto-scoring allows faculty to focus on group discussion and comprehension gaps while i-Human grades each assignment
Students master each step, building confidence in their own competency and clinical judgment skills.
Integrated Learning
Use i-Human Patients to help students understand where their classroom learnings apply to patient encounters.
- Lessons – Provide students with access to lessons from our library to review clinical procedures like how to take a history.
- Exercises – Allow students to dive deep into a topic (like how to perform a heart auscultation) within an appropriate case with an embedded exercise.
- Quizzes – Ensure that students have fully comprehended the topics and lessons with integrated quizzes.
Rich Multimedia Library
Cases and lessons are supported with a rich media library including:
- High-res up to 40x magnification real medical images
- Instructional and procedure videos
- Real patient sounds such as lung and Proctor Harvey heart auscultations, different coughs, pulses, breathing, and more.
Robust Tracking and Reporting
Auto-Scoring and Analytics
We track every keystroke to provide faculty and students with detailed performance stats.
Auto-scoring saves time for faculty. Students will automatically be graded and see what they did right or wrong, as well as what they missed.
Individual Performance
Students and faculty can drill down to view detailed performance information.
Group and Cohort Performance
Faculty can assess common areas of proficiency and deficiency across groups and cohorts.
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