Virtual Simulations for Advanced Practice Nurse Education

Develop Clinical Reasoning Skills for Advanced Practice Learners

The newly updated Advanced Practice Series® Virtual Client Encounters provides authentic virtual client encounters with increased rigor and deeper patient inquiry opportunities to prepare advanced practice learners by refining clinical judgment and decision-making skills when developing diagnoses and plans of care. Virtual Client Encounters is also CE bearing and aligned with AACN & NONPF competencies.

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Each clinical area includes five patients with genuine scenarios created by advanced practice subject matter experts and exposes learners to ICD, CPT, and HCPCS coding for billing consideration. Products also include faculty guides, feedback and rationales, and a dashboard with an evaluative report, as well as a learner dashboard. New content areas added in this version include both Adult and Pediatric Wellness cases. Users will find the experience has been made more intuitive as they advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care, including deeper insights into patient medication.

Advanced Practice Nurse Education
- Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Acute Care Encounters
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
  
  These complex patients are included in our AG Acute Care portfolio. The learner manages them from an inpatient perspective. Diagnoses include seizures, COPD, non-alcoholic pancreatitis, and PE. Included are detailed health history and medical records.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Mental Health Encounters
  In this module learners will manage common psych-mental health concerns in primary care such as sadness, insomnia, fatigue. Differential diagnoses include PTSD, schizophrenia, and OCD. Contains Mental Status Exams & Suicide Risk Assessments.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Mental Health Encounters 2
  This unique set of clients are managed from the psych-mental health practitioner or psych NP lens. Chief complaints include worry, depression, and anxiety. Differential diagnoses include SUD, MDD, and bipolar disorder.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Wellness Cases
  In this module learners will be seeing a diverse population of patients for the wellness visits. A great place for learners to start!
  
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Cardiac Encounters
  In this module learners will manage common cardiac complaints frequently seen in the primary care setting such as HTN, HF, Afib, and angina. Secondary diagnoses complicate the presentation.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Adult Encounters
  In this module learners will evaluate fatigue of unknown origin, cough, itching, and atraumatic back pain. Differential diagnoses include dermatitis, GERD, and candida infection. Enhanced with images.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Adult Encounters 2
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
  
  In this module learners will evaluate unique patients and hone their clinical acumen caring for transgender patients, gender incongruence, and depression with superimposed anxiety.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Pediatric Encounters
  In this module learners will apply their knowledge of pediatric management to complex client encounters presenting with acute pain, fatigue, tics with differential diagnoses such as DKA, VSD, and PDD. Features clients across the pediatric age range (3yo-16yo).
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Gerontology Acute Care Encounters
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
  
  These complex patients are included in our AG Acute Care portfolio. The learner manages them from an inpatient perspective. Diagnoses include alcoholic cirrhosis, acute ischemic stroke, and systolic heart failure exacerbation. Included are detailed health history and medical records.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Gerontology Encounters
  In this module learners will apply their knowledge of gerontology to acute confusion, palpitations, pain and dizziness. Differential diagnoses include BPV, DDD, and UTI.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Oncology Encounters
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
  
  In this module learners will manage common oncological complaints seen in the primary care setting such as diarrhea, pain, and fatigue. Enhanced by ultrasound images.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Mental Health Encounters
  In this module learners will manage common pediatric psych-mental health concerns seen in the primary care setting. Chief complaints include withdrawal, worry, behavioral issues, and anorexia. Contains Mental Status Exams & Suicide Risk Assessments.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Mental Health Encounters 2
  This unique set of clients are managed from the psych-mental health practitioner or psych NP lens. Chief complaints include feeling of guilt, anger, and disruptive behaviors. Differential diagnoses include OCD, social anxiety disorder, and conduct disorder.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Wellness Cases
  In this module learners will be seeing a diverse population of patients for the wellness visits. A great place for learners to start!
  
  Advance through the clinical encounter by reviewing the patient inquiry, identifying diagnoses, and developing a comprehensive plan of care.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Typical Adult Encounters
  In this module learners will evaluate fatigue, headache, cough, chest pain and earache. Differential diagnoses include CAP, DM, and Otitis. A great place for NP learners to start!
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Typical Pediatric Encounters
  In this module learners will sharpen their pediatric clinical acumen working with vague stomach pain, vomiting, eye trauma, and cough. Differential diagnoses include OM, dehydration, and Strep. Inquiries include dialogue with caregiver and guardian.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Women’s Health GYN Encounters
  In this module learners will manage typical women’s health issues such as PID, menorrhagia, STD, and perimenopause. Contains a young, Non-Binary client.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.
- Advanced Practice Series® | Women’s Health OB Encounters
  In this module learners will manage common OB concerns such as hyperemesis, breast discomfort, fatigue. Differential diagnoses include lactational mastitis and round ligament pain as well as a high risk pregnancy. Includes sensitive content such as infertility.
  
  Earn 7.5 CE hours.

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Improved Learning Outcomes

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- Enhance clinical reasoning skills
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Weighing the Evidence

It’s no secret that traditional, in-person simulation requires substantial resources such as faculty, space, and time. These challenges have led educators to explore new technologies for experiential learning. Our Advanced Practice Series® has been tested across the parameters set by the System Usability Scale, the Clinical Learning Environment Comparison Survey, and the Simulation Effectiveness Tool-Modified. The results are clear: our simulation experiences were effective and comparable to face-to-face encounters (Brown et al., 2022).

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Virtual Simulations for Advanced Practice Nurse Education

Develop Clinical Reasoning Skills for Advanced Practice Learners

Prepare Learners with a Strong 3P Foundation

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Advanced Practice Nurse Education

Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Acute Care Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Mental Health Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Mental Health Encounters 2

Advanced Practice Series® | Adult Wellness Cases

Advanced Practice Series® | Cardiac Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Adult Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Adult Encounters 2

Advanced Practice Series® | Complex Pediatric Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Gerontology Acute Care Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Gerontology Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Oncology Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Mental Health Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Mental Health Encounters 2

Advanced Practice Series® | Pediatric Wellness Cases

Advanced Practice Series® | Typical Adult Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Typical Pediatric Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Women’s Health GYN Encounters

Advanced Practice Series® | Women’s Health OB Encounters

The Sentinel U® Learner Continuum

Improved Learning Outcomes

Explore the 2023-2024 Sentinel U® Nursing Simulation Research Grant (SUNSRG) Findings

Weighing the Evidence

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