Simulation Technician Conference

Looks like this Conference might be very helpful for Simulation Technicians to share ideas.

Keystone Simulation and Education Center press release

Pocket Nurse is proud to be a Corporate Sponsor for the Keystone Simulation and Education Center. It is a non-affiliated/non-profit simulation center located in Western Pennsylvania.We would love for you to attend the grand Opening on June 4th! Please click on the link to read the Press Release.

Health Care Reform - Impact on Nursing Article

The attached link is on the Nurse.com website and provides insight into the effect of the Health Care Reform legislation on Nursing and Nursing Education.

Pocket Nurse Volume 15 catalog and cover picture

The Volume 15 catalog is complete and if you are on the mailing list, will receive it the week of April 9th. We are now featuring a picture of a customer's simulation lab on the cover. The first cover has the picture of the Robert Morris University's Simulation Lab in Moon Twp. PA. If you would like to submit a picture of your lab for consideration for our next cover, please contact me for the picture submission information : dcoltrane@pocketnurse.com

NLN Advanced Simulation Workshop

Pocket Nurse is a sponsor of the Advanced Simulation Workshop. It is being held at the Keystone Simulation and Education Center near Pittsburgh, Pa. April 8th and 9th.

INASCL 2010 Cnference Information

Graduate Certificate Program being offered at BryanLGH College of Health Sciences

I saw Kim Leighton, Dean of BryanLGH College of Health Sciences and President of INACSL at the NLN Education Summit last week. They are starting a Graduate Certificate Program in Simualtion Education. Here's the link: http://bryanlghcollege.edu/go/academic-programs/graduate-certificate-programs

Clinical Simulation: Operations and Management by Richard Kyle added to web

Pocket Nurse has added the text: Clinical Simulation: Operations and Management by Richard Kyle to our website. This text has been recommended frequently on the INASCL listserve item number 10-83-5318.

Perfect book for Simulation Lab Directors!!!
Hardcover: 672 pages
Publisher: Academic Press October 18, 2007
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds

Announcement of the 2009 Pocket Nurse Scholarships

Pocket Nurse will again be accepting applications for 2010 Scholarships. 3 Scholarships will be awarded: Allied Health Student, Nursing Student and Faculty pursuing advanced degree. The scholarship deadline is January 16, 2010. Contact Deborah Turner for more information: turnerd@pghfdn.org

Congratulations to the Pocket Nurse
2009 Scholarship Recipients!

Allied Health: Megan Nichols-Bluefield State College, Bluefield, WV
Nursing:Gabriel Brown-McKinney, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Faculty: Lori Rizzo - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,PA

Funding Opportunities for Schools of Nursing

Here is a link to funding opportunities for Schools of Nursing in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It is posted on the AACN Home Page:
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Government/pdf/StimFund.pdf