Learning Enhancement Facilities & Resources

Most nursing courses are held in Paul Loser Hall (in addition to clinical sections held at various clinical sites). Other required courses that are not offered through the Department of Nursing (e.g. Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, etc.) are offered at a variety of locations across campus.

In addition to state of the art classrooms, other learning enhancement facilities and resouorces include:
Coordinator of Clinical Laboratory Learning
Clinical Learning Lab
Out-patient Care Lab
Computer Lab

Coordinator of Clinical Laboratory Learning

The Clinical Learning Lab is managed by a full-time Coordinator of Clinical Laboratory Learning; a Master's prepared nurse educator with continuing education in simulation pedagogy. The Coordinator personally supervises all educational activites in both lab setting and supports the faculty's use of the lab. The Coordinator provides individual and group competency verification and proomotes critical thinking through dialogue. The Coordinator is also available to students seeking individual assessment, feedback and instruction to improve clinical skills.

Clinical Learning Lab

The Clinical Learning Lab in Loser Hall 009 engages students in active learning in a simulated hospital-based patient care environment. This learning lab houses two adult high-fidelity simulators (computerized manequins) which are used for basic skill verification through complex teamwork secanrios. The lab also utilizes a "pregnant" simulator, allowing students to understand and participate in the birth process. A new infant high-fidelity sumulator will be added in Fall 2008 to enhance perdiatric assessment skills. See Clinical Lab Hours.

This classroom/lab facility blends a traditinoal learning environment with a highly sophisticated hospital simulation area. The classroom portion has seating for a maximum of 24 students. A variety of additional mannequins of various technical sophisticaion create realistic situations for student skill development, including injections, catheteriztions, bandaging, and tracheostomy and ostomy care.

Students are exposed to monitoring units and medication administering devices that help to prepare them for safety and quality patient care.

A full set of simulated charts allows students to monitor patients and respond to and document patient assessments and interventions.

Medication administration is incorporated into all scenarios. The Intravenous (IV) catheter insertion simulator permits studetns to practice placement of IVs.

Outpatient Care Lab

The Out-patient Care Lab provides students with the opportunity to explore a setting that resembles office/clinic-based practices. This resource is primarily used to develop assessment skills.

This classroom/lab combination features eight examination tables allowing students to physical examination techniques with live subjects. The examination lab simulates the more autonomous environment of a clinic, permiting students to experience a more diagnostic setting.

Computer Lab

The Department of Nursing computer lab, located in the basement of Loser Hall, features 16 PC work stations. The lab is located on the same floor as most of the nursing courses, and is easily accessible between or after classes. The lab is only accessible with valid student ID.

A Help Desk support staff member is available during regular hours of operation.

The computer lab hours are:
Monday through Thursday - 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Friday - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday - 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM
Sunday - 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM