(Sarasota, Florida) – Echo Healthcare, Inc., now part of 3B Scientific Group, a global leader in highly realistic simulation training solutions and a worldwide leader in immersive spaces and educational software announced today an exciting addition to their encompassing product portfolio – Nikki the Nursing Manikin.

Nikki is a realistic, full body manikin designed to build and evaluate patient care, nurse aid competencies and auscultation skills with an all-in-one training manikin. Nikki is offered in 3 different versions, Nikki Basic, Nikki Pro and Nikki with Auscultation, depending on budget and training needs and is available in light or dark skin tones.

Nikki offers exceptional training capabilities for practicing patient, personal and medical care. The manikin can sit upright in the bed with natural movement of the arms, legs and joints for treatments and examinations, making it the ideal training solution for bedside competencies. Transfer skills, bathing and personal hygeine, denture care, patient communication and many other skills can be practiced. Medical skills including tracheostomy care, decubitis evaluations, ostomy care, subcutaneous injections, catheterization and gastric lavage can all be practiced on Nikki. Training with Nikki the Nursing Manikin PRO meets the OBRA requirements of Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs (NATCEP).

Nikki the Nursing Manikin with Auscultation offers 11 anterior and 4 posterior auscultation sites, with 42 high-quality sounds to improve competency in advanced patient care. Delivered with NursingScope, an electronic simulation training stethoscope powered by Cardionics, it brings an extra level of realism into any auscultation training or O.S.C.E. (Objective Structured Clinical Examination).

The addition of the Nikki manikin enhances Echo Healthcare’s position at the forefront of healthcare education and increases the ability to drive their overall mission: to help improve outcomes through innovation, education and technology. Our Nursing customers now have an affordable, realistic solution to practice all of their patient care, personal care, nursing skills and auscultation training all on a single, user-friendly manikin.