Student nurses on campus are practicing what they’ve learned in books on lifelike mannequins that cost $3,000 each.

Those “dolls,” as their are fondly called by instructors and students, can do some pretty amazing things.

Sure, one of them can have a pretend heart attack. A nearby monitor spits out paper with his heart rhythms recorded on it and instructors can change his rhythms in midstream.

But probably the most amazing doll is the only female in the bunch. Her mouth is open like she’s taking some painful breaths, and her hair goes every which way.
Nursing instructors turn that baby in different directions, to simulate a breech birth, or a baby with its head facing the wrong way.

They can even move the placenta around to simulate different, difficult births. Read more