Skills

• Special needs infants require specific yet gentle care which includes the performance of vital medical procedures
• This newborn-size infant enables nurse trainers and health care workers to teach procedures for nursing special needs infants
• The simulator was developed for a wide range of educational training, including student nurses
• Medical devices that can be used include:
  • Suction catheter
  • Gastrostomy tube
  • Nasogastric tube
  • Urethral catheter
• Procedures that can be practised include:
  • Tracheostomy care (lavage and suctioning)
  • Gastrostomy care (lavage and gavage)
  • Nasogastric care (placement, lavage, gavage and suctioning)
  • Urethral catheterisation (insertion, placement and care)
  • Colostomy stoma (basic care only)