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|  |  Nursing Goes High-TechSeattleU.edu August 11, 2005 What better way to celebrate the [Seattle University] College of Nursing's 70th year than with a brand-new facility? While the timing is purely serendipitous, the state-of-the-art laboratory nevertheless l inks the past to the future with sophisticated technology that trains nurses for a fast-changing health-care system. The lab, which opens in September 2005, puts Seattle University nursing students at the heart of a world-class cardiac and neuroscience center by moving clinical training off-site to the Swedish Medical Center/Providence campus. The new facility quadruples SU's existing lab space to almost 18,000 square feet, and includes not only a teaching lab but also a nursing lab, a nursing station, conference rooms, classrooms and exam rooms. Additional space also means more computer-simulation rooms, which give students the closest experience to real-life patient care. Computer simulations using mechanized human mannequins can mimic virtually any health condition. With a trained faculty member at the controls, the mannequin's conditions change at a moment's notice, as they would in a real patient. The simulations deepen students' knowledge about urgent medical problems. The lab has a mock electronic intensive care unit as well. These units, which are increasingly common in hospital care, display patients' vital signs on computer monitors that are watched by a team of doctors and nurses, with the aim of catching deteriorating conditions more quickly. The blend of cutting-edge technology with faculty skills and experience translates into better-trained nurses who are more desirable candidates for employment. "We want every student trained to a specific standard before he or she ever goes into a clinical area," says Mary Walker, dean of the College of Nursing. And the boost in clinical space means a boost in the number of nursing students the school will be able to accept. "We're taking as much responsibility for stopping the nursing shortage as we can," she adds.
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