The new nursing building...

Towards the end of April, I invited my mom to go with me to the nursing building dedication at my college. The main campus of the college I’m attending is an older campus and is really nice. However, since the nursing program is the one of the main things going for the college, they decided years ago to begin plans on a new building that is incredibly technologically advanced. Well, I was blessed to be part of their ribbon cutting ceremony (as a supporter, not an actual participant, that is). The new building is AMAZING. They have a simulation area for the students that looks EXACTLY like an ER triage. The patients in the beds are breathing, talking, blinking… You can check pulses, temperatures, pulse oximetry… On the back wall of each of the patient’s rooms is a huge 2-way mirror. On the other side of the mirror is a darkened room with computers and microphones/headsets where the instructors sit and control the patients’ vitals and can speak for them. They can put the patients into a crisis mode or code them and whatever the students do will cause a response. It’s MIND BLOWING!!! Everything is just so clean and modern and new. I’ll be part of the second class EVER to learn there. My mom was so cute and kept going on and on about how proud she was. Watching the ceremony and touring the building made it even more exciting. I simply canNOT wait!!!!!