Student nurses will get a quarter of their practical training using virtual ... trends now

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Nurses are set to be given a quarter of their practical training through virtual reality under new guidelines.

They will be taught how to treat everything from heart attack patients to crash victims using headsets as part of their courses from September.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council wants to give universities more freedom to ‘build student nurses’ skills and confidence in complex care scenarios’.

Universities will now be able to use simulations for up to 600 of the required 2,300 practice learning hours.