Nursing and Midwifery

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Hi, and welcome to the Clinical Simulation Laboratories at UTS.

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Before we begin, we'd like to acknowledge the Gadigal people

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the traditional custodians of the land

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on which our city campus stands.

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We pay respect to Elders past and present.

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On level six is a beautiful piece of indigenous artwork

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titled We Walk Together,

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commissioned for the School of Nursing and Midwifery

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by Leona McGrath, a UTS midwifery alumna.

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Reflecting our commitment to cultural safety

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for all staff and students.

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We're excited to take you through our nursing

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and midwifery simulation labs.

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Honestly, one of our favourite parts of our programs.

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This is where hands on education brings our theory to life

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and prepares us for clinical placement and professional practice.

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The UTS Simulation Center is one of the largest in Australia,

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with incredible equipment and technology that allows us to practice

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and apply our professional skills in a safe, realistic environment.

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In our nursing tour we will be meeting our high-fidelity manikins

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and walking through our specialist

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nursing labs, including pediatrics,

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the operating theater, and critical care.

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Let's start with nursing. Come this way.

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Our labs are large spaces where students can be briefed

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on theory, policies and procedures then

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then directly apply them in the clinical area.

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There are also scrub bays attached to each lab where students

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collect their consumables and medications for patient care.

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The UTS Sim Labs are so realistic,

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they truly mimic real clinical environments.

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Our labs have a huge suite of simulation technology

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and full-body patient simulator manikins for us to learn with.

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Across our labs we have a wide range of patient simulator manikins,

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from task trainers right through to high-fidelity simulators.

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The higher the fidelity, the more life-like a manikin is.

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Meet Manny Quinn, one of our high-fidelity simulators.

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Manny can cough, vomit, sweat, seize, bleed, and even speak,

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and anything a student does to treat him

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is reflected in his vitals in real time.

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Our simulation team runs Manny from the control room,

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giving students a truly realistic and immersive simulation experience.

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Simulation isn't just about the technology,

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it's also about the experience.

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We use role play and manikins to replicate real clinical scenarios,

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so that when students step into an actual healthcare settings,

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we're prepared technically, emotionally, and professionally.

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At UTS, we believe in preparing our nursing students for the full reality

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of clinical practice,

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including situations that may be challenging.

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With this in mind, we've embedded virtual reality

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into our nursing curriculum.

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Using VR headsets,

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students are immersed in highly realistic scenarios

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impossible to safely recreate in a lab, to safely recreate in a lab,

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for example, recognising and managing challenging patient behaviours.

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UTS is the first university in Australia

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to roll out such a program to its nursing students.

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We also use an AI-powered communication tool

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where the AI plays the role of a patient,

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allowing students to practise professional communication,

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including building rapport, gaining consent,

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and taking a patient history.

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Our Paediatric Ward is set up to look and feel

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just like a real children's hospital.

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Our manikins range from newborn babies right through to teenagers

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 covering the full range of paediatric care.

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Caring for children requires a very different approach to adult nursing.

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Everything from medication dosing to communication is adapted

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for age and developmental stage,

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and in paediatric nursing,

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the family is always central to the care of the child.

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This is our UTS Operating Theatre, designed to replicate the look,

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feel, and workflow of a real surgical suite.

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What makes this face unique is that it

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covers the complete pre-operative patient journey

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from pre-admission and anaesthetic preparation,

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through the intraoperative phase, and into post-anaesthetic recovery.

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Throughout their peri-op course,

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students rotate through the four key nursing roles

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in the operating theatre,

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the anaesthetic nurse, the scout nurse, the scrub nurse,

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 and the recovery nurse,

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building a well-rounded understanding of how the surgical team

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works together to deliver safe care.

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We also have an operating theatre set-up,

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which allows students to practise preparing for and responding

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to situations where a caesarean section may be required.

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This is our Critical Care space,

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designed to replicate a range of high-acuity environments,

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including intensive care units

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high dependency units, and emergency departments.

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Students work hands-on with equipment you'd find

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in a real critical care setting,

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including ventilators, invasive monitoring devices,

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and complex drainage systems.

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Here, students develop the advanced nursing skills required to care

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for critically ill patients,

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including advanced life support

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and complex medication administration.

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Because every second matters in critical care,

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simulations here are designed to be intense and realistic.

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Finally is our Practice Lab,

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a space where students can come outside of scheduled classes

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to refine their clinical skills.

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The lab offers open practice sessions

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where you can work on any skill independently.

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We also run Masterclasses here,

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structured group sessions focused

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on specific clinical topics

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linked to our subjects assessments, and placements.

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They're very popular with our nursing students!

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That's the end of our nursing lab tour,

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thanks so much for joining us.

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Now we’ll hand over to our midwifery students,

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who will take you through the midwifery facilities.

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Over to you.

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Midwives partner with women and they work in a variety of settings

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The simulation labs here at UTS

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are designed to reflect this diverse setting,

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maternity settings such as home, community, birth centre and hospital.

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We also have dedicated spaces for newborn care

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neonatal intensive care practice.

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Our first stop is our homebirth simulation setting.

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With increasing availability of publicly funded homebirth programs

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and opportunities to work as a privately practising midwife,

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this space provides an important opportunity

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for students to practise in a homebirth context.

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This room is set up to simulate a home environment,

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 including equipment such as an inflatable birth pool

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for women to labour and give birth in.

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Following discharge,

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midwives provide ongoing care to women and their newborns

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in the home.

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So this space is also used to simulate postnatal home visits.

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This space facilitates students to practise essential skills,

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including health assessments, education,

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and supporting early parenting in a familiar environment for families.

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This is our simulation room

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to mimic community antenatal care.

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Students can run an antenatal appointment in these rooms

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to practise for clinical placement.

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This is our birth centre simulation room.

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The room is set up to reflect a real birthing environment,

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with the bath at the centre, reflecting current evidence-based design

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commonly seen in contemporary birthing spaces.

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In this lab, students participate in simulation and role-play activities

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to develop skills in supporting women during labour and birth.

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The labs feature equipment

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commonly used to support normal labour and birth,

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 including a supportive rope,

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peanut balls, floor mats, beanbags and TENS machines.

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Students can also use wearable simulation equipment

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equipment to experience labour from the woman's perspective.

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This enhances our understanding of the physical

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and emotional experience of childbirth.

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This also supports

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our development of communication empathy,

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and clinical decision making skills

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prior to going on placement.

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Now let's move to the lab space designed

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to reflect a hospital environment.

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This is where we develop skills in managing more

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complex clinical scenarios

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and providing care to women and babies

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with additional health care needs.

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The space is typically configured with six simulated bed areas,

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each equipped with high-fidelity manikins.

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These reflect real-world clinical care

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alongside more complex scenarios

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such as managing high blood pressure in pregnancy,

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as well as other maternity emergencies.

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Simulation-based learning and role play helps us develop clinical skills,

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critical thinking, case management, and effective communication

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 with women, families and the multidisclinary team.

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Here is one of our birthing simulation manikins.

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She is capable of birthing in real time.

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The manikin also simulates contractions that we can palpate.

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This helps us learn how to respond to different clinical scenarios,

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 like excessive bleeding after birth.

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Finally, we also have dedicated spaces for newborn care

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and neonatal intensive care simulation.

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These labs are set up to develop our skills caring for a newborn

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in complex situations

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prior to our newborn care clinical placement.

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These areas allow us to develop specialised skills

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in newborn assessment and resuscitation.

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We learn how to care for well and unwell newborns.

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The different high-fidelity manikins and equipment help us develop

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our skills in a supportive space for learning and practice

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to care for women and babies in any setting.

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Thank you for joining us on our tour.

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We can't wait to welcome you to UTS.

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Thank you for watching.