Nursing Simulation Labs & Skills Labs

Hands-on experience is a crucial part of your accelerated nursing education, bridging the gap between your online coursework and clinical rotations. Nursing simulation labs and skills labs are an opportunity to practice what you are learning under the guidance of highly supportive instructors. This ensures you start clinicals confident and ready to learn alongside practicing nurses and doctors.

Mercer nursing student working in sim lab

Nursing labs also use a mock clinical environment and state-of-the-art medical tools that you will use as a licensed practicing nurse. One of the key details in preparing for real-life practice are our medical manikins. These ultra-realistic simulators can simulate a wide variety of conditions to mimic real patient care scenarios.

Located in Atlanta, our ABSN learning site features state-of-the-art skills and simulation labs, classrooms, and places to study, do homework, and meet up with your instructors and classmates.

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Skills Labs

In skills labs, every mistake is a learning opportunity. You will master essential nursing skills such as:

  • Inserting catheters, IVs, and injections
  • Checking vital signs
  • Conducting physical assessments
  • Treating wounds

High-tech medical manikins, clinical task trainers, and advanced hospital equipment ensure you practice in as realistic a setting as possible. And because mastering these skills requires practice, we encourage students to take advantage of our open lab hours.


Nursing Simulation Labs

Nursing simulation labs take immersive learning further by allowing you to apply your knowledge, use critical thinking, and respond to rapidly changing conditions. This could mean anything from identifying an allergic reaction to treatment or diagnosing lung sounds to responding to a sudden cardiac arrest.

From the hospital-like environment and realistic medical manikins to collaborating with your fellow nursing students to deliver the proper care, everything about simulation lab is like the real thing.

Following simulations, you and your cohort will participate in debriefing sessions, discussing what went right, what mistakes were made, and how they could have been handled differently. These sessions provide critical insight into not only your own decisions but also those of your classmates, allowing you to learn from each other.

Work Toward Your Nursing Goal

Contact us to find out more about how our accelerated BSN skills
and nursing simulation labs help prepare you for a successful career in nursing.