NDSU’s state-of-the-art Nursing Simulation Lab provides students in healthcare fields with the type of patient experiences they’ll encounter in their real-world clinical settings. In the lab, manikins are connected to a computer to portray a live person, helping students have a direct approach to what it’s like to work with a patient. “Essentially, we’re more prepared, we’re more comfortable with the environment that we’ll be working in,” said nursing student Dominick Wendler, from Litchfield, M