This article describes how a college of nursing created a realistic bariatric patient scenario for student evaluation. The decision to develop this scenario, in which the patient develops progressive dyspnea, came out of discussions with leadership from the nearby tertiary care hospital. Recognizing and responding to respiratory emergencies in the morbidly obese patient can prove challenging for nurses at all levels of expertise, but especially for new graduate nurses. This scenario provides graduating senior nursing students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills around care of this patient population.
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