The Marshall University School of Nursing will showcase its new Nursing Simulation Center for the Huntington and Point Pleasant campuses Nov. 19 and 20.
Dr. Denise Landry, chair of the School of Nursing, said members of the Marshall community can view the Nursing Simulation Center on the Huntington campus from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, and can view the Mid-Ohio Valley Center’s (MOVC) Nursing Simulation facilities at the center in Point Pleasant from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20.
“We wanted to provide our university community with two chances to visit our new nursing simulation laboratories,” Landry said. “We plan to conduct a demonstration with the state-of-the-art equipment housed in our facilities to highlight the amazing educational opportunities our nursing students have here at Marshall University.”
Landry said the demonstrations will be performed by faculty and students in the School of Nursing with special assistance from the high-fidelity mannequins.
“Our high-fidelity mannequins are run by a computer and incorporate advanced features such as a chest wall that rises and falls to simulate respiration, pulses, and programmable heart, breath and bowel sounds,” Landry said. “When students work with these mannequins in the simulation center, they are preparing themselves for the real world of nursing.”
Dr. Deanna Pope, coordinator for the MOVC nursing program, said the Nursing Simulation Center located at Marshall’s Point Pleasant campus offers the same educational advantages, including opportunities for distance learning for traditional and non-traditional students.
“Our Nursing Simulation Center located on the MOVC campus is doing the exact same thing as the Huntington campus,” Pope said. “We offer high-fidelity simulation with our mannequins which allows students to prepare for clinical work. During the simulation demonstration, we can make these mannequins talk, have seizures, change vital signs and we can even make him die. These real-life scenarios are invaluable for our nursing students to experience before they venture out into their future professions.”
Angela Dorsey, a nursing student at the MOVC campus, said she will graduate in 2017 with the confidence to practice on patients with compassion and precision.
“Working in the Nursing Simulation facilities has allowed me to hone my skills as a nurse working in a small class environment and with more one-on-one interaction with my instructors,” Dorsey said. “I’ve always wanted to work with the geriatric population and I know my time spent at Marshall will prepare me for my career as a nurse.”
The grand opening reception for the Huntington Nursing Simulation Center is in Corbly Hall room 433. The grand opening reception for the Point Pleasant Nursing Simulation Center is in the MOVC campus nursing laboratory. For more information on the Marshall School of Nursing, visit www.marshall.edu/cohp online. To learn more about educational opportunities at the MOVC campus, visit www.marshall.edu/movc online.
All media are welcome to attend these events.
