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Put the patient at the forefront of the learning experience with Shadow Health®

Empower students to strengthen their patient care skills with high-fidelity, screen-based simulations that feature diverse patients in a wide array of clinical scenarios across nursing disciplines.

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Shadow Health is available for:

Undergraduate Students

Support undergraduate nursing students in developing their clinical reasoning skills through realistic interactions with Digital Standardized Patients™.

Graduate Students

Support graduate nursing students in developing their diagnostic reasoning skills through realistic interactions with Digital Standardized Patients™.

Shadow Health supports nursing education with:

Immerse students in realistic nursing simulations

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Patient-focused Digital Clinical Experiences (DCEs) cover a range of nursing disciplines — from Fundamentals to Advanced Primary Care — allowing students to practice essential skills, including patient interviews, physical exams, EHR documentation, and therapeutic communication. 

  • Patented Conversation Engine allows students to use their own words to communicate

  • 80+ life-like, diverse patientscan answer millions of unique questions

  • Accurate assessments measure clinical reasoning and practice readiness 

  • Dynamic scenarios help build clinical judgment skills  

  • Content aligns with AACN Essentials competencies 

Provide patient-centered learning experiences

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Shadow Health helps undergraduate and graduate nursing students build and strengthen their patient care skills in a safe, simulated environment where they can:   

  • Gain experience with realistic patients and conditions 

  • Learn to communicate effectively with a diverse range of patients  

  • Receive feedback on areas of strength and opportunities for improvement  

  • Promote effective patient outcomes through improved interactions 

Gain valuable insights into student performance

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Covering a wealth of patient conditions, these realistic clinical simulations offer detailed information about students’ skills and abilities. With Shadow Health, educators can: 

  • Guarantee exposure to specific conditions and scenarios 

  • Facilitate the development of therapeutic communication skills 

  • Accurately measure growth in clinical reasoning abilities  

  • Prepare students to promote positive patient outcomes  

Enter the world of Shadow Health

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ntroduce your students to Tina, Lucas and Tanner — just a few of the Digital Standardized Patients™ — on a journey through Shadow Health’s innovative simulations for nursing education. They will join more than 700,000 nursing students who use Shadow Health to practice as often as needed to enhance their skills and focus on improving patient outcomes.

Explore Shadow Health

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Digital Standardized Patients™

Diverse in demographics and medical conditions
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Natural Language Conversation Engine

Learners engage with patients using their own words
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Patient Exam Activities

Learners gather assessment data and make care decisions
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Student Performance Index™

Immediate measurements of clinical reasoning abilities