Tuna Tornado
Hopeless Romantic
A nursing student has fallen for a mannequin while practising at the Simulation Centre at the Waterfront campus of George Brown College. Finding a man quite like him is almost impossible. But for one student, love came easily.
“I’d been practising my skills on him for a while now,” said Tracey Quinn, a second year nursing student. “He was always staring at me, so one day I decided to actually look into his eyes, and it’s been love ever since.”
The nursing program is a tedious one where students gain the necessary skills to become a successful caregiver within the healthcare field.
Through the nursing program Quinn has broadened her skills on conditions and healing methods by applying her knowledge practically.
Quinn says there are definitely stressful times, but her stress is relieved when she’s in the Simulation Centre.
By teaching students hands-on, practical learning, this simulated environment comes close to real-life scenarios.
“Here at the Simulation Centre, we provide students with caring techniques for patients who are critically ill to those who require in-home care,” said nursing professor Geraldine Haring. “By using the centre, students are able to broaden their skills so that they can provide optimal support for their patients and clients.”
The Health eHome, a fully functional bachelor apartment, is where Quinn’s lover lies.
Quinn visits her bedridden companion every day between the hours of 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., while the rest of her time is spent dreaming of practising a new skill on him.
The Simulation Centre provides mannequins of high and low fidelity, and although he is lacking in fidelity, Quinn believes their relationship has a future.
Although the mannequins are able to verbally communicate and respond physiologically, he keeps his mouth shut as he is an unconscious patient.
Amazed at her luck, Quinn says it’s hard to find someone that doesn’t talk back.
Never expecting to find love so early in her life, Quinn owes her academic progress to his willingness to be her subject.
“Tracey is always with him in his eHome,” said Haring. “She makes good use of her practice time and her academic success is maintained.”
Though other students find their love strange, she has no regrets because she believes that he is the love of her life.
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