Center for Clinical Simulation & Competency
College of Nursing
The Center for Clinical Simulation and Competency (CCSC) provides students and the community opportunities for unique, evidence based learning. The use of high fidelity simulation, low fidelity simulation, and skills areas allow for an experiential, hands on approach to learning in a highly technological environment. Nursing students are provided the unique opportunity of learning, increasing critical thinking, and providing safe patient care in a safe, realistic, and engaging environment.
Mission
As a member of the Texas A&M University System, Tarleton State University and its College of Nursing are committed to providing an academically rigorous education grounded in real-world experience, effective teaching, research, scholarship and service. The College of Nursing also recognizes the importance of professional development and continuing education for today’s healthcare workforce.
The Center for Clinical Simulation and Competency (CCSC) supports improved patient outcomes by serving all healthcare professions through specialized training and simulation-based learning. These programs promote individual and interdisciplinary decision-making, clinical competency and the delivery of safe, high-quality patient and community care.
Located on Tarleton State University’s Stephenville campus, the CCSC occupies the second floor of the Nursing Building and provides students with access to a modern, immersive clinical learning environment.
CCSC Facilities and Learning Spaces
The CCSC features state-of-the-art instructional and simulation spaces, including:
- Dedicated didactic classrooms
- Two labor and delivery suites
- Two medical-surgical nursing units
- A six-bed critical care unit
- An assessment laboratory with 10 exam stations
- An IV practice lab
- Two 36-seat computer labs for instruction and assessment
Students train in a realistic clinical setting with high-fidelity simulated patients capable of emulating human physiology. These advanced simulators can be intubated, defibrillated and palpated and are able to verbally interact with learners, creating authentic clinical scenarios.
Innovation in Healthcare
Healthcare is continually evolving, and workforce training must evolve alongside it. Simulation-based education is one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare training and assessment. Through the CCSC, the College of Nursing provides innovative learning opportunities that prepare students and professionals for real-world clinical practice.
Faculty members bring extensive expertise, industry knowledge and advanced equipment to support continuing education, clinical skill development and lifelong learning across healthcare disciplines.
