The SCHOLAR organization out of Houston, Texas, which has developed a hospital simulation program for nursing students, visited the Truman State University campus for a 72-hour simulation that began on Thursday, March 23 and ran until Sunday, March 26. For three days senior nursing students worked 12-hour shifts in both hospital and emergency room settings, learning the pressures it takes to be a nurse in those environments. The seniors were assisted by junior classmates as well as volunteers from the community who acted as patients, repeating a script of symptoms and issues they were suffering from.