A Competency-based education for your students
Virtual Reality Simulation for Nursing Education
The Most Comprehensive Nursing Simulation Solution in the World.
SimX for Nursing’s simulated patient encounters help develop practice-ready graduates through experiential learning. Immerse your students in true-to-life clinical scenarios where they can practice empathy, compassion, communication, and other essential aspects of person-centered care.
The SimX nursing solution is the most comprehensive nursing simulation solution on the market. Not only does it prepare nursing students for the next-generation NCLEX exam, there are patient encounters for advanced nurse practitioner training. SimX for Nursing helps practicing nurses maintain their skills and competencies as they care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. With SimX, users can bridge the gap between classroom theory and real life patient encounters in realistic and immersive virtual learning environments.
Enhance Clinical Judgement
SimX cases are professionally developed to align with the rigorous standards of nursing practice, ensuring that they meet the professional and practical needs of nurses at all learning levels.
- Evidence based
- Peer reviewed
- INACSL HSSOBP
- NCLEX-RN test plan
- NCSBN CJMM
- AACN essentials
How does SimX for nurses work?
Created by Nurses For Nurses
Nurses and nurse educators help create and refine our virtual patient encounters from case concept to final release.
Flexible
Set up training sessions anywhere in less than 5 minutes! Lecture in the front of the room and do simulations in the back, make it part of a small group session, or even train from home.
Immersive
Experience realistic patient encounters in the highest-fidelity, intuitive environments where learners can talk to, interact with, and treat virtual patients just as they would in real life.
Standardized
The SimX system is designed to align with current nursing practices and standards. By incorporating the latest evidence-based guidelines and protocols, students can stay up-to-date with best practices in patient care.
Who is using SimX for Nursing?
Our virtual patient encounters include applicable and indispensable training for both practicing nurses and nursing students at all learning levels. SimX is actively being used in institutions and hospitals worldwide, including Stanford, NYU, The University of Nebraska, Penn State University, the US military, and Veterans Affairs hospitals.
SimX Experience Overview
Elsevier SLS with VR
Elsevier and SimX have worked together to adapt Elsevier’s Simulation Learning System into a series of immersive, accessible, and impactful VR patient encounters. The SimX Elsevier curriculum (or SLS with VR) includes a variety of patient encounters where learners must display skill sets from multiple specialties, including pediatrics, psychiatry, maternity, and other fundamentals of care and treatment.
The SimX Marketplace
The SimX marketplace is an industry-first comprehensive medical scenario marketplace for EMS, nursing, and other clinicians. In the online marketplace, users can search through all cases made available by the SimX team and partnered institutions.
Virtual Manikin Series
The SimX virtual manikin series allows you to choose between different patients, diagnoses, and treatment options all in one system. Virtual manikins can be quickly modified and customized to meet the needs of both learners and educators. In real-time, the facilitators can customize and control patient vitals, animations, lab and imaging results, final diagnosis, and much more!
Custom Virtual Patient Encounters
Create your own virtual patient encounters in partnership with the SimX team. We can create any patient, any tool, and any environment that you need to meet your learning objectives.
See what’s possible with SimX for Nursing
We offer over 250 simulated patient encounters. so you can train competent, practice-ready nurses. We tailor packages for your specific needs.
Need a simulation for every course?
Example A
18 Simulated Patient Encounters in every course
- 1 Health Assessment
- 1 Fundamentals
- 4 Med-Surg
- 3 Maternity
- 3 Pediatrics
- 2 Mental Health
- 2 Population Health
- 2 Leadership
Difficulty finding clinical placements?
Example B
20 Simulated Patient Encounters specializing in the clinical placements you’re looking to supplement
- 10 Pediatrics
- 5 Maternity
- 5 Mental Health
Interested in Elsevier’s nursing curriculum with SimX?
Example C
100 Simulated Patient Encounters developed in collaboration with Elsevier
- 4 Health Assessment
- 11 Fundamentals
- 20 Med-Surg
- 20 Maternity
- 20 Pediatrics
- 10 Mental Health
- 12 Population Health
- 3 Leadership
- 2 Population Health
- 2 Leadership
The SimX platform is designed to allow nursing educators to build a competency-based VR solution to meet your specific needs. Select from the world’s largest library of virtual reality Simulated Patient Encounters, so you only pay for what you need.
See What’s Possible with SimX for Nursing
We offer over 220 Simulated Patient Encounters, so you can train competent, practice-ready nurses.
- Abdominal Surgery & Patient Controlled Analgesia
- Abdominal Surgery & Postoperative Fluid Volume Deficit
- Aggressive Behavior Management for Dementia Patient
- Acute Renal Failure & Hyperkalemia
- Asthma Exacerbation & Anxiety, Communication & Oxygen Delivery
- Bronchiolitis, PALS
- Care for C Diff Patient
- Cellulitis & PICC line Care
- Colostomy & Hyperkalemia Secondary to Medication Error
- Cumulative Complex Patient
- Diabetes & Severe Acute Hypoglycemia
- Elderly Man with Pneumonia
- Fall in the Hospital
- Gastrointestinal Bleed
- Heart Failure, Medication Toxicity & Hypokalemia
- Hemothorax with Chest Tube & Drug Overdose
- Hip Fracture & Blood Transfusion
- Hip Fracture & Pulmonary Embolism
- Hip Fracture, Wound Infection & Early Sepsis
- Hypoglycemia
- Lung Cancer, Nausea & Hypokalemia
- Lung Cancer & Acute Tension Pneumothorax
- Mobility & Elimination
- Myocardial Infarction & Management of Unstable Patient
- Pancreatitis with Alcohol Withdrawal
- Pediatric Patient Admitted for Chest Pain
- Pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Distress & Oxygen Delivery
- Prioritization of Multiple Patients
- Seizure EMU Case
- Sepsis Care
- Spinal Cord Injury & Postoperative Atelectasis
- C Diff Care
- Cellulitis Management
- Colostomy Care & Teaching
- Confusion in Older Adult with Infection
- Diabetic Wound Care & Insulin Administration
- End-of-Life Care
- Fall & Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
- Fluid & Electrolyte Management in Pregnant Patient
- Mobility & Elimination
- Oxygenation & Hygiene
- Postoperative Assessment & Surgical Site Care
- Postoperative Pain Management
- Tracheostomy Care
- Acute Appendicitis, Postoperative
- Acute Appendicitis, Preoperative
- Acute Asthma, Management of Impaired Gas Exchange
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Platelet Transfusion
- Bronchiolitis, Management of Respiratory Distress
- Bronchiolitis, PALS
- BTT Shunt Occlusion
- Cerebral Palsy, Gastrostomy Tube Management
- Cerebral Palsy, Tracheostomy Care/Sputum Culture
- Closed Head Injury, Seizure Management
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Community Newborn Checkup
- Compound Fracture, Varicella Management
- Congestive Heart Failure, Acute Hypokalemia Management
- Cystic Fibrosis, Management of Respiratory Arrest
- Dehydration, Specimen Collection
- Desaturation & Bradycardia
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperglycemia Management
- Gunshot Wound, Management of Hypovolemic Shock
- Hirschsprung’s Disease, Ostomy Care
- Intubation of Suspected COVID Patient
- Low Cardiac Output Syndrome
- Nasogastric Tube Replacement, Medication Administration
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Partial-Thickness Burns, Sterile Dressing Change
- Possible Bacterial Meningitis, Medication Error Prevention
- Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation
- Pediatric Patient Admitted for Chest Pain
- Pediatric Tonsil & Adenoid
- Post-Op: Hypoxia & Hypotension
- Birth Plan, Group B Beta Streptococcus Positive
- Fetal Demise, Induction
- Fetal Distress, Meconium
- Fetal Distress, Post-Term Birth
- Fetal Distress Requiring Medical Induction
- Gestational Diabetes
- High-Risk OB, Shoulder Dystocia
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Insulin-Dependent Gestational Diabetes with Preterm Labor
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Intrapartal Infection
- Late Pregnancy Bleeding, Placenta Previa
- Neonatal Resuscitation, Cardiac Anomaly
- Neonatal Resuscitation, Narcotic
- Newborn Care
- Precipitous Labor & Neonatal Resuscitation
- Preeclampsia, Clinic to Hospital
- Preeclampsia, HELLP Syndrome
- Preeclampsia in the Emergency Department
- Preeclamptic Seizure
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Placenta Increta
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Uterine Atony
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Vaginal Hematoma
- Scheduled Cesarean Delivery
- Shoulder Dystocia, Neonatal Resuscitation
- Bronchiolitis
- BTT Shunt Occlusion
- Cellulitis and PICC line Care Skills
- Chest Pain: ACS
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Desaturation & Bradycardia
- Epileptic Seizure (Head Bleed)
- Gastrostomy Tube Management
- Hypotension Post TAA
- Intubation of Suspected COVID Patient
- Low Cardiac Output Syndrome
- Pediatric Patient Admitted with Chest Pain
- Post-Op SVT
- Post-Op Hypoxia & Hypotension
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Severe Trauma
- Tetralogy of Fallot with Hypercyanotic Spell
- Tracheostomy Care
- Tracheostomy Care: Sputum Culture Collection
- Tracheostomy Complications: Cuff Leak
- Tracheostomy Complications: Displacement
- Tracheostomy Complications: Occluded Inner Cannula (Fresh Tracheostomy)
- Anxiety/Stress Management
- Bipolar Disorder/Mania
- Dementia
- Depression
- Drug Abuse
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Older Adult Abuse
- Personality Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizophrenia/Psychosis
- Suicidal Risk Assessment
- Violent Adolescent Drug Abuse
- Vulnerable Populations: HIV Positive Patient
- Community Health Nurse Experience
- Home Health COVID
- Occupational Health: Stroke/MI Assessment
- Occupational Health: Workplace Injury
- Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation
- Postpartum Depression
- Preeclampsia
- Primary Care Myocardial Infarction
- Primary Care UTI/BPH
- Vulnerable Populations: HIV Positive Patient
- Vulnerable Populations: Migrant Farm Worker with Tuberculosis
- Acute Appendicitis, Preoperative Care
- Acute Appendicitis, Postoperative Care
- Anesthesia
- BTT Shunt Occlusion
- Fluid Volume Deficit, Postoperative Care
- Hip Fracture & Blood Transfusion
- Hip Fracture & Pulmonary Embolism
- Hip Fracture, Wound Infection & Early Sepsis
- Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colon Resection, Postoperative Care
- Mobility & Elimination
- Ostomy Care
- Postoperative Respiratory Distress
- Right Hip Arthroplasty, Postoperative Care
- Right Lung Lobectomy, Postoperative Care
- Ruptured Appendix, Postoperative Assessment and Care
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Wound Debridement
- Acute Renal Failure
- Aggressive Behavior Management for Dementia Patient
- C Diff Care
- Community Health Nurse Experience
- Confusion in Older Adult with Infection
- Elderly Man with Pneumonia
- Fall and Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
- Fall in the Hospital
- Goals of Care Discussion
- Hip Fracture and Blood Transfusion
- Hip Fracture and Pulmonary Embolism
- Hip Fracture, Wound Infection & Early Sepsis
- Lung Cancer, Nausea & Hypokalemia
- Mobility & Elimination
- Sepsis
- Sepsis Care
- Tracheostomy Care
- Tracheostomy Care: Sputum Culture Collection
- Tracheostomy Complications: Occluded Inner Cannula (Fresh Tracheostomy)
- Tracheostomy Complications: Cuff Leak
- Tracheostomy Complications: Displacement
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