March 20, 2006

SimBaby Arrives at Manoa

Assistant Professor Francisco Conde and Instructor Lorrie Wong conduct an infant assessment on the new SimBaby™ teaching aid.

Manoa’s School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene has a new addition to its state-of-the-art Simulation Laboratory—SimBaby™, a high-fidelity mannequin with advanced simulation capabilities. The simulator will help educators test student decision-making and technical skills in pediatric care without any risk to a real-life baby.

SimBaby™ interfaces with a laptop computer that is controlled by the nursing teacher. It provides students with hands-on training in infant airway-management, pediatric intravenous drug administration and infant cardiac arrest.

Read the press release.

BOR Report

At the March 16 meeting, the Board of Regents

• approved the formation of the Manoa Chancellor’s Search Advisory Committee (read more)
• awarded distinguished educator Abraham St. Chad Kikiakoi Kalilioku Pi‘ianai‘a the Regents Medal of Distinction (read more)
• approved the appointment of Karen Lee to interim associate vice president of student affairs (read more)
• established an Associate in Science Program in Digital Media Production at Leeward (read more)
• granted provisional status for the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at Hilo (read more)

Statewide Nursing Consortium Established

University of Hawai‘i nursing faculty from across the state.

UH nursing faculty systemwide established the Statewide Nursing Education Consortium, which is dedicated to reinventing the nursing education offered at Hawai‘i, Kapi‘olani, Kaua‘i, Maui, Hilo and Manoa.

Currently, UH offers an associate degree in nursing at four community colleges and a baccalaureate degree at Manoa and Hilo. Nursing students who graduate from the community colleges and decide to attain further education normally have to reapply at either of the upper-division campuses and continue with their studies.

With the proposed curriculum, all students will take standard courses during their first year and second year. The third year marks a decision point for students when they will be given the option to exit with an associate degree, or to complete a bachelor’s degree with a fourth year of study.

Read more about it.

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