On the fourth floor of a UNC-Chapel Hill classroom, a cohort of five nursing students use immersive virtual reality technology for the first time. The students spread out and move their bodies to ...

ALBANY — For generations, learning to be a nurse meant studying textbooks, practicing on mannequins and then facing real people. Now, modern nursing schools have added a new step: virtual reality.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Students at Maria College are stepping inside the world of virtual reality to level up their education, but this is no game. Since opening its doors in January, the Maria College ...

I often speak about the usefulness of simulation in nurse training, highlighting how virtual reality (VR) technology has expanded the menu of simulation options beyond manikins and standardized ...

The nursing profession today is faced with a rising demand for care for an aging Baby Boomer population while simultaneously experiencing shortages related to a lack of educators, workforce geographic ...

The gray virtual reality headset transforms the typical classroom into a busy virtual hospital. Gamers are not the only people benefitting from virtual reality. VR is being used by nursing programs ...

Students at the University of Vermont are now using virtual reality technology to help them train for real-world medical scenarios. UVM announced that the Department of Nursing recently purchased more ...