Nursing Sim for iPhone

Product summary

Nursing Sim is a mobile application that helps nursing students practice clinical decision-making around staff assignments. The app recreates the layered process of matching nurses’ skills with patient needs, assessing patient acuity, and distributing caseloads fairly over a shift. Because it runs scenarios in a virtual setting, learners can experiment, make mistakes, and learn from them without risking patient safety.

Core learning targets

• Strengthen judgment for assigning nurses based on competency and workload.
• Improve ability to evaluate and prioritize patients by acuity.
• Practice balancing fairness and efficiency when allocating cases during a shift.

How it supports classroom learning

Designed for use alongside coursework, Nursing Sim translates lecture concepts into interactive scenarios. Students confront realistic, time-pressured choices that reinforce leadership and management principles, helping them move from theory to hands-on application before entering clinical environments.

Origin and academic partnership

This tool was created in collaboration with faculty member Larry Z. Slater for the Leadership & Management course at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The goal of the collaboration was to create a safe, practical training space that prepares students for high-risk, real-world nursing situations.

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