The Real Life practice students need.
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Building student skills
Realistic scenarios created especially for students.
Real Life scenarios were developed by nurse educators to provide experience with the variety of situations nurses face in real life, without the need for live clinical presence or risk to client safety. Students develop an emotional connection to each situation and each live-actor client, who look and sound like they’re truly in pain, confused, or angry. These realistic clinical scenarios give students experience building the clinical reasoning, patient safety, and clinical decision-making skills they need.
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Build and measure clinical decision-making skills.
As a student watches a scenario, they are prompted to make decisions about the patient’s care that significantly impact client outcomes. This “branching logic” strategy deepens learning and engagement to encourage clinical judgment. Students’ clinical decision-making abilities are measured alongside QSEN competencies, NCLEX Client Need Categories, and relevant Body Function.
Experience Real Life clinical situations.
Students gain exposure to situations they’ll see every day, plus less common situations that traditional clinical rotations often miss. All students receive consistent clinical experience, encountering the same sets of clients and scenarios with the ability to practice as often as they need and refine skills through remediation.
Real Life features scenarios for the following subject areas:
RN ADULT MEDICAL-SURGICAL
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- COPD
- GI Bleed
- Infectious Disease
- Myocardial Infarction Complications
- Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Urinary Tract Infection
PN ADULT MEDICAL-SURGICAL
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Heart Failure
- Infectious Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Pneumonia
- Urinary Tract Infection
RN MATERNAL NEWBORN
- Gestational Diabetes
- Preeclampsia
- Preterm Labor
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Teaching Prenatal and Newborn Care
RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
- Cystic Fibrosis Inpatient Care
- Cystic Fibrosis Community Care
- Gastroenteritis and Dehydration
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Well Child
RN MENTAL HEALTH
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anxiety Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Schizophrenia
CLINICAL REPLACEMENT
All cases provide ready-made lesson plans that assist you in designing a quality 6-hour clinical replacement experience. To earn 6 hours, programs must use ATI’s clinical replacement lesson plans. Educators are responsible for following their state board of nursing guidelines for clinical replacement hours.
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One of the things that I like most about Real Life is the students have the opportunity to be accountable for the decisions that they've made.”
– Carol Houston, Director, School of Nursing
California State University, Chico