The Sinclair School of Nursing has implemented the training to get students comfortable with showing empathy and asking difficult questions with sensitivity. The training is part of the curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate students, Lea Wood, director of simulation, said.
It’s also a response to the prevalence of intimate partner violence in the country. Approximately one in four women and one in seven men in the U.S. have experienced severe intimate partner violence, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.