Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Pictured, from left, are Shelbyville senior Pamela Erinson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ simulation lab assistant Katy Trotty, SimMom and Port Neches senior Rachel Birdsong.The Richard and Lucille Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ of Nursing at Stephen F. Austin State University recently was the first teaching facility in the state of Texas to acquire SimMom, a high-fidelity mannequin that simulates labor and delivery processes. SimMom is used by faculty members in the nursing school's Ed and Gwen Cole Simulation Laboratory to simulate for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ nursing students many aspects of the birthing process, including delivery of a 5-pound baby. The state-of-the-art mannequin also breathes, talks and has a pulse.