<p>One of the most complete nursing education learning systems available, Virtual Clinical Excursions is an online program that guides you through a virtual hospital where the patients are real and their conditions are constantly changing. By immersing students in a realistic, yet safe, nursing environment, VCE simulates the average clinical rotation by allowing users to conduct a complete assessment of a patient and set priorities for care, collect information, analyze and interpret data, prepare and administer medications, and reach conclusions about complex problems. Each lesson has a textbook reading assignment and activities based on "visiting" the patients in the hospital - providing a perfect environment to "practice" what you are learning. </p><ul><b> <li>Online workbook</b> includes a set of lessons to prepare and guide you through a variety of patient scenarios, which are all connected to your textbook.</li> <li><b>Physical examination </b>interactions include unique images and assessment findings for each patient scenario.</li> <li><b>Patient chart </b>provides quick access to vital information such as physician's orders, laboratory reports, patient education, nursing admission, and more, offering a richly detailed portrait of the patient.</li> <li><b>Electronic patient record</b> houses data from the patient's entire hospital stay and offers the ability to record new data findings.</li> <li><b>Nurse-client interaction videos</b> depict conversations and situations involving nurses, patients, family members, and hospital staff to help you discern between communications that are ideal and those that need improvement.</li> <li><b>Updated drug reference</b> includes a comprehensive set of the latest drug monographs to help you make the best clinical judgments involving <b>medication administration</b>.</li> </ul><ul><b> <li>NEW! Online format</b> enables you to access Virtual Clinical Excursions from any PC or MAC with an internet connection.</li> <li><b>NEW! Laboratory guide </b>provides standard value ranges for all laboratory values offered within the virtual patient hospital, so you can confirm and compare standard lab values against your patients' test results.</li> </ul>