Academic Institutions

Giving your students flexibility to learn exactly what they need, anywhere.

Healthcare Systems

A customizable and scalable solution to address workforce training.

Simulation and your Return on Investment

Four nursing students with talking with an educator

Running a sim lab is serious business! Imagine… You’re in charge of running and maintaining your institution’s simulation lab, complete with manikins, task trainers, and, at times, standardized patients.  As part of your role, you must coordinate the schedules of all 200 nursing students and faculty for a day of simulation – not to mention […]

Bringing Faculty into the Fold: Virtual Reality and the Learn Where You Live Program

Eye exam with virtual patient

New Brunswick, Canada is a large yet rural province. Finding ways to support the healthcare needs of rural communities is a key challenge for the faculty in the nursing program at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), who have successfully incorporated virtual reality within the Learn Where You Live (LWYL) Program. The Learn Where You […]

Simulation and your Return on Investment

Four nursing students with talking with an educator

Running a sim lab is serious business! Imagine… You’re in charge of running and maintaining your institution’s simulation lab, complete with manikins, task trainers, and, at times, standardized patients.  As part of your role, you must coordinate the schedules of all 200 nursing students and faculty for a day of simulation – not to mention […]

How to Bolster Critical Thinking in Nursing with Virtual Reality

Coordination exam with virtual patient

In nursing, critical thinking is a vital and necessary skill. It’s not only critical thinking – clinical reasoning, clinical decision-making, and clinical judgment are all core components of nursing.  While the nuances of these terms have been much discussed, they are all interrelated and function together as nurses observe, analyze, and take action.  For example, […]

Unlocking Success in Healthcare: How VR Training Elevates Patient Care, Staff, and New Nurses

Woman in scrubs in VR headset

Virtual reality is a hot topic these days, particularly in healthcare education and training – and for good reason.  VR scenarios are helping learners across the lifespan of their careers. From junior learners working on building foundational skills to newly licensed practitioners transitioning to practice to advanced clinicians continuing their education, there’s something there for […]

VR: Supporting & Spanning the Nursing Career

Nurse applying nasal cannula for virtual patient

‘Tis the season!  Nursing students all across the United States are getting ready for graduation, preparing to sit for the Next Gen NCLEX, and gearing up for the transition to practice.  While a very exciting time, it’s certainly a transition to go from nursing student to practicing bedside nurse.  New nurses need support and mentorship, […]

What to Know About Curriculum Mapping with OMS

Students in VR headsets streaming OMS scenarios in lab

At a time when learners are most vulnerable, learning brand new skills, in a whole new world, and likely overwhelmed, it’s the educators who are steering and guiding them along the path to being fully-fledged clinicians.  As educators pioneer new waves of teaching and learning, there’s been a lot of adoption of AI-powered tech like […]

From Classroom to Clinic: Tackling the Academic Roots of the Nursing Shortage

Healthcare team debriefing

The nursing workforce shortage continues to be a global problem. While initiatives are in place, and there is renewed attention on recruitment and retention, other factors need addressing to solve the shortage holistically.  There is a clear decline in the number of students entering or applying to nursing schools in the United States and the […]