From Purchasing to Packaging - Managing Your Simulation Lab with a Database

This article details the development of a system designed to correlate data used in the management of a 32-bed Nursing Simulation Lab and nine partnered sites. It outlines the creation of the database with the focus on factors that assist the reader to recognize the advantages, challenges, and approaches that resulted in successful management of inventory; the creation of skill-specific supply and equipment lists; consistent delivery across multiple programs and sites; cost projections for programs, lab events, skill sets; comparison of annual costs, creation of invoices including depreciation values; and archiving data.