Lehigh Carbon Community College has received funds to support nursing simulators.

Students in LCCC's nursing programs will have access to patient simulators as part of a grant from the Morgan Foundation and money through the college's federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education grant. Students in both the associate degree in nursing and licensed practical nursing program will have access to the high-fidelity clinical simulators.The lifelike simulators, depicting an adult male client and a pediatric client, add to the experiences that students in the nursing program have and will prepare them for working with live patients.The simulators, including installation and training, are valued at $188,000. They will be installed and ready to use in January 2017.Simulators will be located at LCCC Tamaqua at the Morgan Center site and on the main campus in Schnecksville.When using the simulators, the nursing faculty will facilitate case studies and patient care scenarios and will be able to program clinical issues similar to a live patient who presents with an emerging health care issue. The simulators can also be programmed and manipulated to demonstrate rare and critical events that can be reproduced as many times as necessary.