Nursing Workforce Readiness: Recognition and Management of Acute Cardiac Decompensation
SimXWhile caring for a patient on an inpatient medical-surgical unit, the learner will encounter a sudden cardiac emergency. The participant must activate hospital response systems, initiate Basic Life Support (BLS), and delegate roles to arriving support staff based on their scope of practice. The scenario concludes once the code team...
While caring for a patient on an inpatient medical-surgical unit, the learner will encounter a sudden cardiac emergency. The participant must activate hospital response systems,...
Postoperative Cardiac Emergency
Cleveland ClinicThe patient is a 55yo man, 24 hours post cardiac surgery admitted in the CVICU. The surgery was performed without complication and the patient was successfully extubated and has been recovering in the CVICU. Patient is alert, oriented and able to converse with the medical team. Patient reports on initial...
The patient is a 55yo man, 24 hours post cardiac surgery admitted in the CVICU. The surgery was performed without complication and the patient was...
Adolescent Respiratory Distress
Children's NationalPatient is a 12-year-old male with a history of severe asthma who was brought in for difficulty breathing. He has had fevers, cough, and congestion since yesterday evening. He was initially brought to the ED where he received initial treatment, was placed on BiPAP and was transferred to the PICU....
Patient is a 12-year-old male with a history of severe asthma who was brought in for difficulty breathing. He has had fevers, cough, and congestion...
Pediatric Fever with Sickle Cell Disease
Children's NationalPatient is a 3-year-old African American male brought in by EMS with a chief complaint of poor feeding and sleepiness. Mother reports that her child has had a low-grade fever for 2 days, vomiting, diarrhea and today refused to eat and has been sleeping all day. Patient has a history...
Patient is a 3-year-old African American male brought in by EMS with a chief complaint of poor feeding and sleepiness. Mother reports that her child...
ICU Clinical Swallow Evaluation—Speech Pathology
University of Delaware College of Health SciencesThe learner is called to the intensive care unit to complete a clinical swallow evaluation of a 55-year-old male who self-extubated following prolonged intubation. The learner will complete a case history, oral motor exam, therapeutic PO trials, make recommendations, and complete a FEES study.
The learner is called to the intensive care unit to complete a clinical swallow evaluation of a 55-year-old male who self-extubated following prolonged intubation. The...
Pharmacotherapy of Endocarditis and Septic Shock
University of Pittsburgh School of PharmacyA 46-year-old man with a history of prosthetic mitral valve replacement presents to the emergency department with fevers and hypotension. The Learner will identify their diagnosis on rounds and guide the team’s treatment plan as well as communicate that plan with the patient’s family.
A 46-year-old man with a history of prosthetic mitral valve replacement presents to the emergency department with fevers and hypotension. The Learner will identify their...
Critical Care Post-MVA
Southeastern Illinois CollegeA 33-year-old male presenting after having presented to the ICU from the Emergency Department following a motor vehicle crash. He is known to have multiple injuries, including facial trauma, pneumothorax which has been treated with a chest tube, head injury, and hemorrhage. The participant must stabilize the patient through the...
A 33-year-old male presenting after having presented to the ICU from the Emergency Department following a motor vehicle crash. He is known to have multiple...
Tracheostomy Complications—Chronic Tracheostomy with Tracheoinnominate Fistula
NYU Grossman School of MedicinePatient is a 65-year-old man with prolonged recovery from ARDS due to pneumonia, requiring continued mechanical ventilatory support, who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 20 days ago. The learner is called to the bedside by the MICU nurse due to bright red blood oozing from the tracheostomy and from the stoma....
Patient is a 65-year-old man with prolonged recovery from ARDS due to pneumonia, requiring continued mechanical ventilatory support, who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 20 days...
ICU Sepsis – CVVHD
Houston VANick O. Kidman, a 54-year-old male patient admitted from ED for COPD exacerbation and uncontrolled DM Type 2; was transferred to ICU from the medical floor unit ED 2 days ago for PNA, ARF/AKI, and Sepsis. Patient has AKI with hyperkalemic fluid-overload, requiring dialysis. He also has sever hypotension, requiring...
Nick O. Kidman, a 54-year-old male patient admitted from ED for COPD exacerbation and uncontrolled DM Type 2; was transferred to ICU from the medical...
Tracheostomy Complications—Occluded Inner Cannula (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed 2 days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Total Laryngectomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for 24 hours. He had a total laryngectomy performed one day prior for laryngeal carcinoma. He required mechanical ventilatory support immediately postoperatively via a #8 cuffed...
The patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed two days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
Social Determinants of Health Bundle
SimXThis bundle focuses on the holistic approach to patient care, concentrating on the social determinants of health and health equity. Through these virtual patient encounters, learners experience various scenarios that highlight the complex social, environmental, and psychological factors affecting patient health. Each scenario is meticulously crafted to challenge the learner...
Social Determinants of Health Bundle
This bundle focuses on the holistic approach to patient care, concentrating on the social determinants of health and health equity. Through these virtual patient encounters,...
Tracheostomy Complications—Cuff Leak
NYU Grossman School of MedicineIn this scenario, the learner is called to the bedside of a 65-year-old man by a MICU nurse due to hypoxia and low pressure alarm on the ventilator. The patient has a prolonged recovery from ARDS and requires a continual mechanical ventilatory support. He also underwent percutaneous tracheostomy insertion 10...
In this scenario, the learner is called to the bedside of a 65-year-old man by a MICU nurse due to hypoxia and low pressure alarm...