On the fourth floor of a UNC-Chapel Hill classroom, a cohort of five nursing students use immersive virtual reality technology for the first time. The students spread out and move their bodies to ...

The REACHvr platform, which uses virtual reality and online training to prepare students to assist rural and underserved communities, won first place at a recent meeting on simulation in health care.

I often speak about the usefulness of simulation in nurse training, highlighting how virtual reality (VR) technology has expanded the menu of simulation options beyond manikins and standardized ...

We hear about the worsening nursing shortage today, but what many people don’t realize is that there is not a shortage of applicants. Instead, nursing schools are grappling with the challenges of ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — George Washington University nursing students are putting down their pens and putting on virtual reality goggles to learn real-world skills. 7News Health and Wellness Reporter ...

Virtual reality is helping nursing students at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth gain practice through realistic simulations. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Students at Maria College are stepping inside the world of virtual reality to level up their education, but this is no game. Since opening its doors in January, the Maria College ...

A new learning center that mixes real-life experiences with virtual reality is now open at Maria College in Albany. The Center for Academic Innovation at the private Catholic College is part of the ...

Reading textbooks and practicing on mannequins is still part of Maria College’s nursing curriculum but the college is setting a higher standard for the Capital Region. “A virtual space where students ...

At the UB School of Nursing, simulation technology is changing the way students are being prepared to face real-world scenarios in the field of nursing. Kelly Foltz-Ramos, PhD, Director of Simulation ...