Students get hands-on birthing experience at NVU-Lyndon simulation lab
WCAX
Thousands of babies are born every day but nursing students often don’t get to witness a birth in school. A new simulation lab is giving hands-on experience at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon.
At a time when a nursing shortage persists across the country, Vermont State University officials say they’re hopeful the upcoming school merger will increase enrollment, subsequently helping health care providers in the Northeast Kingdom.
NVU-Lyndon nursing students Hannah and Casey are getting trained in the university’s new simulation lab. Before this lab, students would train at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury. But every day is different, so emergency scenarios or changing situations don’t necessarily happen every time students are there.
“We don’t really get to do much up on the floor this year, it’s going to really kind of set in stone that that’s the track I want to change if it’s something different,” Hannah said.