Visitors to the new Healing Arts Lab learn about the labor and delivery room.
It’s a typical day
in the labor and delivery world, as a team of nurses checks on their patient in
active labor. “Victoria” seems to be
resting comfortably, when she opens her eyes and tells everyone that her water
just broke. Monitors in the room erupt in alarms as the fetal heart rate drops
and the routine goes from simple to complex while the group works to change her
position to bring the heart rate back into a safe range. This is one of the many simulated scenarios
that nursing students may experience in the new Healing Arts Lab at Salt Lake
Community College’s Jordan Campus.
A nursing student checks out a sim-mannequin in the pediatric room.
The School of
Health Sciences recently held an open house to welcome its new dean, Erica
Wight, and celebrate the grand opening of the Healing Arts Lab. The college community, PAC members and donors
toured the new facilities to see firsthand the types of training students
receive, beginning with basic medication administration and skills in nursing
fundamentals to advanced delivery of IV meds and caring for patients with critical
care needs, including intubation and ventilation. Attendees witnessed and took part in a
birthing simulation hosted by one of the advanced sim-mannequins named Victoria,
where they had the opportunity to deliver the baby, assess vitals and track
APGAR scoring as well as attend to the new mother and her needs.
A nursing instructor observes a student helping a sim-mannequin breathe.
One of the new rooms at the Healing Arts Lab.
An instructor and student work to revive a sim-mannequin.
New School of Health Sciences Dean Erica Wight
