Virtual reality (VR) is helping to create safer birthing experiences for Queensland mothers and their babies in remote towns. Nurses in the remote and predominantly Indigenous towns of north-west Queensland are learning how to prepare mothers for childbirth with the ...

A new project will allow student nurses to learn how to negotiate verbal and physical abuse without being put in harm's way. IVADE is an immersive computer simulation program by Edith Cowan University (ECU), made to help nurses and nursing ...

A new multi-million dollar training facility in Western Sydney will use virtual reality and artificial intelligence to train nurses how to better manage violent situations. On Tuesday, the University of Sydney announced plans to build a $10M 16-bed simulation ward ...

A new “world first” virtual reality simulator is aiming to equip student nurses at the University of Newcastle with conflict resolution skills. The VR program replicates a real-world emergency room and asks students to respond to a high-pressure mock scenario. The program, ...

It might look like the nurses at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) in Adelaide are gearing up for the new Steven Spielberg movie, Ready Player One, but there’s a good reason they’re equipping young patients with virtual reality glasses. ...