Learn more about the uses & benefits of virtual simulation in undergraduate nursing education on the Kaplan Nursing Blog.
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.
- Over 130 Undergraduate Nursing cases
- 230 patient “avatars”
- Participating avatars including mothers for pediatric patients, spouses for adult patients, etc
- Wide range of ages and demographics
- Specialty cases including OB, Peds, surgical, rehab, and mental health
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
Scaffold Clinical Encounters Throughout Your Curriculum
i-Human Patients can be configured to the level of the learner.
While cases may be played in their entirety – they don’t have to be. One case can be spread across multiple classes or even courses as students learn and master each step of the clinical judgment task model.
Here is an example of how you might configure a case to scaffold along with the student journey – starting very early in the curriculum:
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.
Next Generation NCLEX® Aligned
i-Human Patients for Undergraduate Nursing education was developed specifically with the NCSBN’s clinical judgment task model in mind for Next Generation NCLEX alignment. The model defines 6 steps – i-Human Patient cases play through a set of processes that are intentionally aligned with those steps:
With i-Human Patients, students develop clinical judgment skills through virtual clinical experiences that follow the clinical task model from patient needs to patient decisions.
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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