10 Ways Our Adult Nursing Manikin Can Help Your Students Develop Targeted Healthcare Skills
The more useful the training tool, the faster you can get to the business of good patient care – teaching it, practicing it and eventually, seeing your students use it to assist real people. That’s why we’re excited to announce a medium-fidelity nursing manikin that not only enables students to practice over 20 basic care […]
Realityworks® ECG Simulator Wins 2020 Edison Award
Health science learning aid developed by Wisconsin company Realityworks, Inc. recognized for its innovative design Eau Claire, Wis. (March 19, 2020) – Realityworks, Inc. announces the receipt of the 2020 Edison Awards for its ECG Simulator. Selected by a panel of over 3,000 leading business executives from around the world, Realityworks’ ECG Simulator received the […]
5 Ways Our ECG Simulator Can Help Your Students Develop Targeted Healthcare Skills
An electrocardiogram (ECG) is likely the first thing your healthcare provider will conduct if you’re experiencing cardiac issues. Worldwide, physicians conduct more than 40 million ECGs each year; in fact, the basic 12-lead ECG is essential in the diagnosis of many types of cardiac conditions. But what if the leads are inaccurately placed or the […]
Teaching In-Demand Skills: How Healthcare Educators Are Engaging Today’s Students
Healthcare educators are changing the way they teach patient care skills, and for good reason. U.S. demand for healthcare expected to grow twice as fast as the national economy in the next eight years, prompting concerns about unfulfilled healthcare jobs. What’s more, older Americans are retiring in droves; this 2018 study projects that within just a few decades, older people will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.
Geriatric Simulators Teach Empathy to Future Health Care Workers in California
“I very much like the hands-on activities that drive home the realities of aging,” Thompson explained. “When working with adolescents, they are so invincible. It is good for them to experience the vulnerability of the elderly and for them to live in their shoes, even if for a class period.”
Blood Pressure Simulator by Realityworks, Inc., named EdTech Award 2019 Finalist
Nursing training tool created by Wisconsin company recognized in national competition for its unique impact on healthcare education
Sneak Peeks and Presentations Coming Your Way at VISION 2018
We’re getting excited to see everyone at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2018. This year we will be introducing new innovative learning tools as well as giving you a peek at products that will be coming in 2019. We’ve recently added new products to our Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Health Sciences pathways, including: Bovine Breeder artificial […]
4 Tips for Building a CNA Pathway Program
When you begin to build your certified nursing assistant pathway plan of study, there are many places you can start and resources to go to. Plan of Study Worksheets – Advance CTE has put together a great page featuring the 16 Career Clusters from the National Career Clusters Framework along with the pathways that fall under […]
How 3 Amazing Schools Are Preparing High School Kids for Health Science Careers
Note: This article was originally published by We Are Teachers on July 9, 2018. The entire article can be found here. Health science careers make up more than half of the top 20 fastest-growing occupations nationwide. Projections show that the United States will need 5.6 million more healthcare workers by 2020. It’s no wonder that more […]