Campus NewsWestminster College Nursing Program Receives $400,000 Gift from IHCTweetFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Money to be used for two high-tech human simulators and to add nursing faculty SALT LAKE CITY - Officials from Westminster College and IHC announced today that IHC has awarded a $400,000 gift to Westminster's School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The funds will be used to purchase two high-tech human simulators and add two new faculty members, allowing the college to increase enrollment in the nursing school by 50 percent per year. Jean Dyer, Dean of the Westminster College School of Nursing and Health Sciences, remarked, ' I wish to personally thank IHC for their generous support of Westminster College's nursing program. As Utah's only private liberal arts college, Westminster relies on the generous support of companies like IHC to help us continue to strengthen the educational opportunities we offer our students.' The human simulators are high-tech mannequins that realistically simulate patient responses to illness or injury. They help Westminster nursing students dramatically increase the amount of experiential learning they acquire throughout the nursing program, and compliment the extensive clinical nursing experiences that characterize the Westminster nursing program. Each simulator will be housed in an individual health sciences lab, which will be part of Westminster's new $15 million state-of-the-art Health, Wellness and Athletics Center, currently under construction and scheduled to open in December 2005. The new human simulation labs will be made accessible to other health care organizations in the community.' In doing so', Dean Dyer remarked, ' we hope to strengthen the partnership between the Westminster School of Nursing and Health Sciences and other health care professionals in the community.' With the addition of two new faculty members, Westminster will be able increase the number of students in the nursing program and reinstate its popular RN to BSN degree program. This program allows RNs with a two year degree, from schools like Salt Lake Community College and others, to enroll at Westminster and complete their baccalaureate. This is particularly important for nurses who plan to move into administration, education and advanced practice later in their careers. |
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