I'm going to be your nurse today, this is Amanda.

She's going to help me take the vitals.

It doesn't take long for Pensacola State's patient Simulation training center to leave you in awe The very first time we walked into the simulation center, I was blown away by the mannequins and the heart rates, and they breathe and they blink and they cough and they grimace.

And like they have real pulses.

The 1200 square foot center originally opened in 2006 with many upgrades and additions along the way.

15 high fidelity simulators in nine simulation suites, including birthing, pediatric cardiopulmonary, mental health and an emergency room delivering a wide range of real life clinical scenarios.

We actually have one of the most technologically advanced simulation centers in the southeastern part of the United States.

So for us to have that here in Pensacola speaks volumes for our students that graduate for our program.

Simulation classes start with a precision meeting before students are thrown into a scenario watching and evaluating from a control room.

Instructors orchestrate the simulation, tossing in unexpected challenges.

Why is the room spinning around?

I'm busy.

We walked into a post-op patient who was going through a little bit, had some hypovolemic going on, and we had to recognize that diagnosis.

Call the doctor and then come up with what we were supposed to do.

It's extremely stressful.

That patient, if you're not able to get their blood pressure, their pulse, you are just doing everything you can to try to get that.

And you can't even realize that time is moving behind you and that the world is still going on because you're so involved right there in the moment.

It's crazy.

I've never experienced anything else really like that.

When you go home.

Think about it.

How would I handle this next time?

Making those mistakes and having the opportunity to make them in simulation.

A post in the hospital.

When you're dealing with a simulated patient and not a real life patient, I think it makes all the difference in the world, and I think it will make us all better nurses.

Says clinical coordinator Marla McGehee.

Hey knows that very well.

She went through the program that she now runs.

I remember being very scared in the beginning, and.

I remember by the time I graduated and very confident and the Simulation lab was a very.

Important part of that because I soon come to realize that this is a.

Safe place to learn to.

Ask questions.

If I made an error, it was okay.

It was, you know.

You almost expect.

To make an error.

And this is where you learn.

I should have come in here as a nurse prepared to be like, okay, now I've seen it.

Even if it just was in simulation, I have that experience to say, Well, I dealt with the hyperbole, make patient, What did I have to do?

What did Miss Pearson's tell us was really important to address for this patient?

I really don't have anything else to say other than it's just incredible.

You can't get that anywhere else.

As a nursing student.