METI Meets UA's Capstone College of Nursing

There's a new face in UA's Capstone College of Nursing, and despite some of his recurring health issues, faculty expect him to help hone UA nursing students' clinical skills.

The new guy's only been on campus a few weeks, and he's already endured multiple heart attacks, countless collapsed lungs and several severe strokes, but the solid expression on his face seems to indicate it's all part of a day's work. He is, after all, a 5-foot 11-inch, computer-controlled simulator, known as METI.

METI's not your average dummy, however. His eyes blink, his pupils constrict or dilate, depending upon his medical condition at the time, his chest rises and falls with every breath, he displays a blood pressure, has a pulse rate you can feel and, yes, he even urinates.

Full Story — METI