Simulation and Clinical Performance Lab
Improve and expand intensive clinical training opportunities for nursing students.
The Simulation and Clinical Practice Lab (Sim Lab) at Cizik School of Nursing is vital to securing the future of nursing in Texas. When combined with classroom instruction and clinical experiences, the Sim Lab helps educate and train nurses who are more efficient and more confident as they care for families throughout Houston and the state of Texas.
The 27,000 square foot Sim Lab provides myriad learning situations using lifelike manikins and contains high-fidelity equipment that replicates challenging clinical scenarios. Beginner students practice basic skills like taking vital signs and advanced students hone sophisticated skills like placing chest tubes. The Sim Lab can also mimic scenarios that occur infrequently during rotations, preparing our students to care for patients with common and uncommon conditions. A realistic environment in the lab encourages students to think critically and enhances their confidence in stressful situations, leading to enhanced patient care. Because faculty members supervise these scenarios, students also receive immediate feedback, helping them to learn from each experience.
In addition to helping us train future nurses, the Sim Lab can be used for continuing medical education courses, process development, and a broad spectrum of research opportunities.
Your support of Many Faces. One Mission. can help sustain the Sim Lab so that we can provide the best possible training for the next generation of nurses.