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Chattahoochee Tech
helping to staunch
nurse shortage
By Robin Rayne
MDJ Contributor
Amanda Loan and Michelle McDonald checked their
pregnant patient’s vital signs and fluids with the confidence
of nurses who had worked on a hospital floor for years.
The single-bed room looked like countless hospital rooms
across the country — except for the large two-way mirror
along the back wall. Behind the glass, in a darkened
room equipped with computers and speakers, instructors
monitored their Chattahoochee Technical College nursing
students’ every move.
The ‘patient’ was in reality Stephanie Belim, a faculty
member and simulation coordinator for the nursing school.
Convincing in her discomfort, she complained of abdominal
pain below her strapped-on, lifelike pregnant belly with
an unborn “baby” inside.
Belim cried out to the nursing students and gestured to
her pain’s location, setting into motion the protocols all
nurses-to-be learn in their classes.
The scenario was as realistic as possible, though it was
a simulated clinical situation. After their visit with their
actor-patient, Loan and McDonald sat with their instructors
for feedback on what they did right, and areas to be
improved. All nursing students must complete 16 hours
of simulated clinical experience. Some of the students will
have emergency room experience as well, Belim said.
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Chattahoochee Technical College nursing students Michelle McDonald
and Amanda Loan check vital signs for their “patient” during simulated
clinical training at the Paulding County campus.
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