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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 15 S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 2 2 F O C U S H E A L T H C A R E / W E L L N E S S adult, to assess how students use the nursing process and clinical judgment to intervene. e focus on simulation picked up during the pan- demic, when certain clinical areas were no longer able to accommodate clinical experiences such as pediatrics, maternity and mental health areas, Dreves notes. New equipment costs for high-tech full-body simulators can be $60,000 to $70,000, says Dadaleares. But there remains another barrier – not enough space to expand simulation capacity and, in turn, workforce development capacity. Building confidence Dreves says studies show adult learners absorb and remember more information if it's presented with an appropriate amount of stress and realism. "Perhaps the student makes a mistake or the sce- nario was designed to progress to a decision that forces a difficult conversation or action," she says. Students who simulate learn more from their mistakes than from their successes. e lab provides a safe space to do so, building confidence. "It gives students an opportunity to attain some level of comfort with more complicated interven- tion and assessment skills, so when they're with a live patient in a real-world scenario, they have skills and the confidence that they know how to intervene appropri- ately," says Erin Soucy, dean of undergraduate nursing at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. e Fort Kent campus recently acquired a holo- graphic obstetrics simulator, allowing students and instructor to don headsets to study fetal development. Another benefit to simulation, Soucy says, is that people are able to practice "low-frequency but high- risk patient care situations." For example, particularly in rural areas, a nurse might go years without seeing an obstetrical complication – but if one occurs, they need to know how to intervene immediately. Ware-Butler Industrial will supply prod- ucts to earthwork and concrete jobs, roads/bridges/construction jobs, grow businesses, storage units, livestock farms, health centers and commercial buildings of all types, infrastructure projects such as sand-salt sheds and municipal buildings, etc. WAREBUTLER.COM CONTACT US for your non-residential and commercial construction needs statewide in Maine. Put our statewide buying power and experienced sales team to work for you! industrial@warebutler.com Fabric / Pipe / Culverts / Styrofoam insulation / Construction lumber Sheet goods / Millwork / Metal roofing and siding products PRODUCTS OFFERED: AND MORE! C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F Y O R K C O U N T Y C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E Advanced Emergency Medical Technician students at York County Community College practice scenarios on sophisticated mannequins recently purchased through a partnership with Southern Maine Community College.

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