Nursing Facilities
A multi-phase renovation of UNI’s Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (ITTC) at the center of campus has created a new home for the Department of Nursing & Public Health, allowing competency-based education within an environment that models clinical settings. Learning spaces integrate the traditional classroom experience with labs fully-equipped to facilitate active learning, simulations and hands-on experiences with patients.
Our hallmark is we want our graduates to be practice ready. What that means is when they walk out the door, they're still newly-prepared nurses, but they can critically think, take care of multiple patients and have a higher level of function once they graduate than we typically see.
HEALTH ASSESSMENT & HEALTH PROMOTION
Designed to provide a dedicated space for lecture, skills training, and simulation as students master physical assessment competencies. Students have access to state-of-the-art equipment, including:
- Smart classroom
- Task trainers
- Specialized simulators (cardiac/lung, pregnancy)
- Advanced ophthalmoscopes
- Otoscopes
- Medium-fidelity Laerdal simulators
- Medical-grade hospital beds & exam tables
- Advanced Vital Sign Trainers
FOUNDATIONAL NURSING CARE
Designed to provide a dedicated space for lecture, skills training, and simulation as students master foundational nursing competencies. Students have access to state-of-the-art equipment, including:
- Smart classroom
- Task trainers
- IV pumps
- Specialized simulators (cardiac/lung)
- Advanced ophthalmoscopes
- Otoscopes
- Medium-fidelity Laerdal simulators
- Medical-grade hospital beds
- Advanced Vital Sign Trainers
- Medication Cart
- Electronic Medical Record
SIMULATION SUITES
Controlled environments that replicate real-world healthcare scenarios for students to practice clinical skills and improve decision-making. They provide a safe and realistic way for students to learn without putting patients at risk. Students work in small groups using Laerdal high-fidelity simulators, patient monitoring equipment, medication administration, IV pumps and electronic medical records. The suite is set up as a hospital room, which can accommodate various simulated scenarios and helps to prepare students for a real clinical setting. SimCapture training tools turn skills practice into insights by sending recorded information into the cloud for later viewing by students and faculty.