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Clinical Lab

Nursing Skills Clinical Lab area houses ten electrically operated hospital beds, seven examination tables, one pediatric crib, patient transfer equipment, various up-to-date patient simulators, the state of the art human patient simulators, nursing models, and electronic and diagnostic equipment to facilitate the simulation of clinical areas and situations.

This lab is used weekly at the sophomore level for instruction in and practice of nursing fundamental and physical assessment skills and occasionally during the junior and senior years in conjunction with the students' clinical courses.  Lab sessions are also held for the nurse practitioner and RN students. Additional hours are available for extra practice sessions or clinical skill remediation of undergraduates conducted by nursing graduate assistants.