Sentinel Town®

Students Can Prepare, Assess and Respond to Rural Health Needs from Anywhere

Prepare, Assess and Respond to Rural Health Needs from Anywhere

Immersive Virtual Training for Students

When learners immerse themselves in Sentinel Town®, they will master assessment and intervention planning that will impact their communities. The healthcare challenges faced by the underserved, aging, and sometimes poor community members in this virtual town highlight distinct differences faced by population health nurses working in cities. Sentinel Town® allows faculty members to choose from a variety of assignments to drive desired learning outcomes; this is a teaching tool designed for both pre-licensure (ADN and BSN) and post-licensure (RN-BSN) programs and offers many learners the chance to study Community or Population Health Nursing in an environment that they would typically not be able to access. It’s not uncommon for learners to gain 30 or more hours of work in this simulation filled with diverse citizens and key informants.

Each trip into Sentinel Town® is a unique adventure. Faculty can choose from a variety of assignments to drive desired learning outcomes. Students have the opportunity to practice dealing with a health environment, without leaving home. Like all our products, Sentinel Town® gives nurse educators a supplemental teaching tool for nursing education texts at pre-licensure (ADN and BSN), and post-licensure (RN-BSN) programs.

Sentinel Town® aligns with the Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, QSEN Quality and Safety Competencies, NLN Core Competencies, and Quad Council Core Competencies
Learners can earn 5-30+ simulated clinical hours

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Product Hightlights

  • 5 community citizens, exposing students to diverse health issues

  • 7 key informants providing community subsystem information

  • 10 locations with unique data and demographics

  • “Camera” and notes wizard for recording observations; name and date-stamp verify student integrity

  • Assignment Catalog includes 24 easily implemented assignments with grading rubrics
  • Faculty dashboard provides insight into student capabilities and progress
  • Faculty Resource Portal includes faculty guide, assignment catalog, FAQs and dashboard guide
  • Student Resource Portal includes quick start guide, FAQs, video, diagnosis and assessment forms

ALIGN℠ – Community Health Course Digital Teaching Resources

Alleviate the stress and time involved with course and content development and get a ready-made and easily adoptable digital community health course as an add-on to Sentinel Town®. This course provides nurse educators with 16 weeks of content that perfectly align with community health course curriculum standards, eliminating the need for textbooks.

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Sentinel Town® can be used for a variety of assignments throughout a term, course or entire program.

Assignments available for Sentinel Town®

  • Emergency Preparedness: Flooding in a Rural Community

  • NEW pandemic assignments

  • Basic Windshield Survey

  • Community and Health Subsystem Assignments

    • Physical Environment
    • Communication
    • Economics
    • Education
    • Health & Social Services
    • Politics and Government
    • Recreation
    • Safety & Transportation
  • Population-Focused Interventions

  • Nutritional Assessment

  • Malnutrition among the Older-Elderly

  • Professional Roles and Organizations

  • Health Policy Recommendations

  • Global Community Health Issues

  • Compare & Contrast: City vs Town

Meet a Sample of the Citizens:

Mary
Mary Ellen Jackson is a 67-year-old retired teacher and widow.
Jack
Jack Carter is the Sherriff with the primary focus to improve the infrastructure of the town.
Elliot
Elliot Evans is a 30-year-old doctor who cares very deeply about the town citizens.
Cynthia

Cynthia Sanchez is a teacher at the school who is very committed to her students.

Sandy

Sandy Johnson is single mom of two grown children who manages the town’s general store.

Interested? Request a demo of Sentinel Town®.