{"id":70085,"date":"2023-09-25T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=70085"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:49:22","slug":"nursing-sim-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nursing-sim-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"The basement of the D\u00fcB and the future of health care"},"content":{"rendered":"

The basement of the du Bois Center, known colloquially as \u201cthe D\u00fcB,\u201d has undergone numerous changes throughout its lifetime. Last year, students could find a place to study and even take some classes down there. In the \u201880s, the D\u00fcB\u2019s basement was home to NAU\u2019s Police Science Department and was equipped with everything from a crime lab to a shooting range. In fact, the <\/span>Benchmark<\/span><\/i> statue, often referred to as the \u201cFrench fry sculpture,\u201d that towers over the south field outside the D\u00fcB was once used as a ventilation system for the shooting range. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"AThroughout the following decades, the D\u00fcB\u2019s basement has gone through many a metamorphosis, and just this summer it evolved into its most recent form: the Nursing Simulation Lab. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The School of Nursing is now equipped with a state-of-the-art simulation lab to ensure students can get the best practical experience before they go out into the field and begin dealing with the startling prospect of an actual patient. The lab effectively bridges <\/span>the gap between page and practice<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the core of this new simulation lab are the high-fidelity simulation manikins that have a seemingly endless number of applications. Though the school has been practicing nursing simulation for a decade, this is the first time it has a 10,000-square-foot facility dedicated to it. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can mimic what it would be like to take care of a real person,\u201d said <\/span>Jennifer Rossetti<\/span><\/b>, professor in the School of Nursing and facilitator at the simulation lab. \u201cThe first time you insert a catheter or something like that, it might be nerve-wracking. Students can practice these skills and assessments, shake off that nervousness and hone their skill set.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lab doesn\u2019t just help nursing students. This resource can help all students pursuing health care degrees through the power of interprofessional education. Recently, some of the manikins were brought to the Walkup Skydome where athletic training students practiced on-field simulations. <\/span>Corey Oshikoya<\/span><\/b>,<\/span> assistant clinical professor in the athletic training program, helped facilitate the athletic training simulation along with Rossetti. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The realistic scenario is important because all emergency treatment for issues such as a cardiac arrest must occur on the field with all the sports equipment still on the athlete. In this clinic, the manikins were fitted with helmets and jerseys that students had to work around and slice through to properly provide treatment in a timely manner.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe simulation focused on patients who were essentially deceased, had gone into cardiac arrest and therefore didn\u2019t have a pulse. This is best\"Athletic simulated with a manikin,\u201d Oshikoya said. \u201cAt the end of the day, the students felt like they were better prepared to manage the situation. They got some more confidence out of understanding what the components were and how things look in real-life situations.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new simulation lab ensures that future generations of health care providers can train and become highly skilled, practice-ready professionals through interprofessional education.<\/span> \u201cOverall, the ability for our department to partner with the School of Nursing and for us to be able to use their simulation units, to take them over to an environment which our students will be working in and give them kind of a realistic view of how patients may end up and how to provide care for them has an immeasurable impact and is only possible through interprofessional education,\u201d Oshikoya said. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rossetti hopes that partnerships like this can continue, and NAU students in the College of Health and Human Services across multiple degrees can benefit from the lab. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe creation of this simulation lab marks the beginning of a new life for the basement of the D\u00fcB, one dedicated to meeting the demand for passionate, dedicated and skilled health care workers throughout the state of Arizona and beyond,\u201d she said. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Julius Happonen | College of Health and Human Services\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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