Regarding Mrs. Chase.

摘要

Recently, a new family of simulation mannequins arrived at our school. Marveling at the computer-based technology that allows todays "SIM-dolls" to reproduce normal and abnormal lung and heart functions in computerized scenarios, I recalled my school days in the 1980s when "Mrs. Chase" was the object of considerable attention, not only as a teaching tool but as a prop for clandestine skits. At the time, I assumed she was a fairly modern invention. Not so. Mrs. Chase has been a central part of nursing education for a century now. Her raison d'etre is the same now as then: to allow students to practice skills without inconveniencing or harming patients.