After two weeks of skills assessment to begin the semester, our nursing students were introduced to our Simulation Laboratory where they will be  immersed in a various scenarios throughout the rest of the semester. Our Nursing Simulation Laboratory assists nursing students in learning critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in preparation for their healthcare careers. The “manikins” act as lifelike patient simulators, wherein instructors provide real-time feedback via a control center, giving students as close to real-life simulation as possible. Fellow students watch as their classmates work through the simulation. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.

Biology and Chemistry Professor Ronald Krieser gives a lesson in proper pipette usage as the students in his Genetics Lab prepare a crime scene investigation experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex. Learn more about our School of Health and Natural Sciences here.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Billy Samulak's Chemistry for Health Sciences Lab work on an assignment in the Antonucci Science Complex. This course is designed specifically for nursing and exercise sports majors and includes the study of selected topics from general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry.

On day one of  Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Sean Rollins' Medical Microbiology course, students get a primer on use, cleaning, and care of the microscope. The course serves as an introduction to the biology of major groups of micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Emphasis is placed on their relationship to man as agents of infectious diseases. In the laboratory principles and practices of aseptic techniques and diagnostic identification and culture of disease entities are explored.

Second-year Nursing students went through multiple care stations at their Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing I Lab in the Thompson Hall Nursing Lab. This course establishes the foundation for core concepts in the nursing care of adults with common health alterations. The development of critical thinking skills is emphasized. Nursing care is presented using a nursing process framework.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Billy Samulak's General Chemistry Lab try to figure out, with the help of a digital melting point apparatus, whether or not they successfully made aspirin in an earlier lab. The course explores the fundamental laws and theories of chemistry such as atomic structure, the periodic table, electrochemistry, descriptive inorganic chemistry, the gas laws, solutions, equilibrium calculations and chemical bonding. Chemical calculations are emphasized. 

Junior nursing  students take part in an Open Lab session in the Thompson Hall Nursing Education Center.

Our nursing students were immersed in a respiratory distress scenario for a pediatric patient. The understandably upset mom was played by Nursing Program Professor Deborah Benes. Our Nursing Simulation Laboratory assists nursing students in learning critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in preparation for their healthcare careers. The “manikins” act as lifelike patient simulators, wherein instructors provide real-time feedback via a control center, giving students as close to real-life simulation as possible. Fellow students watch as their classmates work through the simulation. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.

The Biology and Chemistry Club gathered in the Game Room hang out, play pool, and more.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dennis Awasabisah's General Chemistry I Lab perform an experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course explores the fundamental laws and theories of chemistry such as atomic structure, the periodic table, electrochemistry, descriptive inorganic chemistry, the gas laws, solutions, equilibrium calculations and chemical bonding. Chemical calculations are emphasized.