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Simulation in Nursing Education: Designing Labs That Improve Readiness and Support NCLEX Success

Nursing programs face a consistent challenge: preparing students for the complexity of clinical practice before they ever step into a hospital. Nursing simulation education …

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New Nurse Onboarding: How Simulation Can Reduce Early Errors and Build Confidence Faster

The first 90 days of a new nurse’s clinical practice can be one of the most challenging periods of their transition into professional practice. …

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Simulation-Based Patient Safety: Using In-Situ Training to Identify Latent Safety Threats

A medication is stored in the wrong location. A crash cart is missing a critical item. A handoff protocol breaks down under pressure. None …

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What Is a Simulation Center? How Modern Sim Centers Are Built Around Outcomes, Not Just Equipment

A simulation center is more than a room with manikins. The equipment is only the starting point. What ultimately determines whether a program delivers …

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Debriefing Best Practices: How Simulation Faculty Can Drive Deeper Learning After Every Scenario

A simulation scenario is only as valuable as what happens after it ends. The clinical decisions a learner made, the communication breakdowns a team …

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Simulation Based on Clinical Specialty: Equipment Sets Built Around Elevate Healthcare (formerly CAE Healthcare) Simulators

Most simulation programs don’t fail because they bought the wrong simulator. They fail because they bought a simulator without a clear picture of its …

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What Educators Say About Today’s Leading Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands

Purchasing decisions in healthcare simulation rarely happen in a vacuum. Before a value analysis committee signs off on a simulation manikin, someone has usually …

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Top Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands and How Elevate Healthcare Fits In

When a simulation program starts evaluating manikins, the brand question comes up fast. Your committee wants to know who the major players are, what …

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How Elevate Healthcare’s Patient Simulators Support High-Fidelity Simulation

High-fidelity simulation plays an important role in helping healthcare education programs prepare learners for real-world clinical practice. The patient simulators at the center of …

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How to Compare Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands: A Vendor-Neutral Checklist

Most simulation manikin purchases start with the wrong question. Committees ask “which brand is cheapest?” or “which brand do we already know?” before they’ve …

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The Future of Patient Simulation: How Elevate Healthcare Is Evolving Beyond Traditional Manikins

The clinical education programs that will define the next decade are not waiting for the future to arrive. They are building for it now. …

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Where to Buy Healthcare Simulation Manikins and Patient Simulators

Buying healthcare simulation manikins is not like buying lab supplies. The purchasing decision you make today can influence your program’s clinical training, faculty workflows, …

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From CAE Healthcare to Elevate Healthcare: What This Means for Your Patient Simulators and Simulation Programs

If you’ve been working with CAE Healthcare simulators for years, like running codes on an HPS, delivering babies on Lucina, or managing a busy …

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Elevate Healthcare’s Stacie Wood Appointed to NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council

Elevate Healthcare is proud to announce that its Chief Nursing Officer, Stacie Wood, has been appointed to the National League for Nursing (NLN) Foundation …

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Beyond the Manikin: Alternatives and Complements in Healthcare Simulation

Healthcare simulation is broader than many people outside the field realize. Manikins are often the most visible tool in a simulation program, but they …

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How Much Do Healthcare Simulation Manikins Cost? A Total-Cost-of-Ownership Guide

If you’ve searched for simulation manikin pricing online, you already know the answer is rarely straightforward. Vendors don’t publish list prices the way consumer …

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AWHONN 2026 Recap: Turning Readiness Into Action

Each year, AWHONN brings together a passionate community of women’s health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses committed to improving outcomes for mothers, newborns, and families. This …

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Elevate Healthcare and Paradigm Medical Systems Partner to Advance OB/GYN Task Training

Elevate Healthcare is partnering with Paradigm Medical Systems to bring Paradigm’s MODEL-med OB/GYN task trainer line to customers, expanding access to specialized trainers that support key obstetric and gynecological …

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Do Simulation Manikins Improve Patient Outcomes? What the Evidence Shows

Healthcare simulation is a significant institutional investment, and the people responsible for making and defending that investment need more than anecdote and intuition. They …

Customer Stories

University of Houston: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Clinical Skills Assessments

Jake Valentine, M.D., M.Ed.; Steven D Butler PhD, LP, CHSE, CHSOSUniversity of Houston – Center for Clinical Arts, Skills, and Experiential Learning (CASEL)Zoltan Fodroczi, …