You'll practice your skills in three advanced labs:
Basic Care LabHere, you'll find eight beds, a variety of adult and pediatric manikins and various other practice modules. Each bed site is equipped with wall connections for O2 and suction and connections for a PC. The Basic Care Lab is also contains mounted video equipment for the purpose of recording and analyzing student performance. Attached to this lab is a lavatory, a medication preparation area with sink, cabinets and room for a mobile medication cart.
Critical Care Lab Used by both nursing and biomedical engineering students, it is equipped with four beds and various adult and neonate manikins with audible, programmable, heart, breath and GI sounds. In addition to the wall connections for O2 and suction, each bed site is also equipped with monitoring equipment which is wired to the manikins and to remote equipment. The lab also has a mounted video camera and a PC at the foot of each bed. An adjacent medication preparation area has a sink, cabinets, room for a mobile medication cart and storage area.
Simulation LabIn this lab, you'll use the Laerdal SimMan® -- one of the most advanced patient simulators with which you can practice. You'll begin working with the "Joe and Harriet Mose family" as a sophomore, looking for errors and potential problems at the patients' bedside. During your junior year, Joe and Harriet experience increasingly complex health problems. As a senior- level nursing student, you'll directly communicate with the simulated clients, calculate and administer IV medications, perform ECG interpretation and troubleshoot psychomotor skills.
Simulations also involve communicating with other healthcare providers such as medical staff, ancillary personnel and family members. You'll develop prioritization and communication skills and strengthen critical thinking and clinical decision-making abilities.