A Peterborough, Ont. nurse is doing her part “behind the scenes” to help frontline workers at a New York hospital gripped with COVID-19 patients.
Elizabeth Blodgett Horsley is the director of simulation at The Brookyln Hospital Center, a 464-bed teaching hospital located in downtown Brooklyn.
Since joining the hospital three years ago, her primary role is to implement medical and emergency simulations to help teach and keep staff updated on responses on things such as vital sign monitoring and code responses. “It’s one of the standards in teaching and learning now,” she said. “It’s how this generation is learning.
It’s not just medical management. We find out things like if a drawer cart doesn’t open properly, or if someone doesn’t have