School of Health and Natural Sciences Professor Dr. Ronald Krieser held a Health Professions Advising session yesterday afternoon in the Antonucci Science Complex. This session focused on podiatry and suturing. Dr. D. Ghannoum, Chief Podiatric Surgery Resident, Saint Vincent Hospital talked with students about Podiatric Medicine, and Podiatric Medical School. He was then joined by three fellow Podiatrists to  conduct a workshop on suturing.

Students in Earth and Geographic Sciences Professor Elizabeth Gordon's Oceanography class learn about the density and salinity of seawater in the Antonucci Science Complex. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of fundamental scientific concepts that describe ocean processes. Topics include marine geology (ocean basins, sediments), marine chemistry (properties of seawater), and physical oceanography (waves, tides, currents), with some discussion of biological oceanography.

 Nursing  students learn the methods of, and importance of dealing with patient mobility issues in their Nursing Foundations Lab. In this course, emphasis is placed on professionalism, caring, communication, cultural considerations, spirituality, sexuality and health promoting activities. 

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Sean Rollins' Medical Microbiology course performed various procedures in their lab in the Antonucci Science Complex. 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.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Steven Fiedler's Physical Chemistry I1 Lab work on various experiment in the Antonucci Science Complex. The course explores the underlying principles of chemistry from a physical chemistry standpoint. Topics of discussion include kinetic theory, theories of the structure of matter, theory of solutions, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, spectroscopy and kinetics.

A rotation of some of our third year nursing students got immersed in a hospital patient care check simulation for "patient" Michael Smith, under care for a post-operative abdominal surgery. Michael is not happy about his the ostomy he awoke with after surgery, is having nausea, pain, a seeping surgical would and needs his medications. 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.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Billy Samulak's General Chemistry Lab worked on various weights and measures 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. 

Junior nursing students were tasked with measuring and administering medications to an eight month old, an eight year old, and two adult patients in the simulation lab this morning. The 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 a hospital scenario as possible. Fellow students watch as their classmates work through the simulation. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.

Students in Biology and Chemistry Professor Dr. Michael Nosek's Cell Biology course hit the ground running in their first day of lab in the Antonucci Science Complex.  In this course, cellular and subcellular structure and function are covered. Major topics include membranes, cell organelles and biogenesis, energy metabolism, regulatory mechanisms, signal transduction, DNA structure and function, transcription and translation, cell cycle control, and cancer development. Laboratory experiments focus on current cell biology methodologies and instrumentation, and include spectrophotometry, cell fractionation, microscopy, electrophoresis and cell culture technologies.

Two of our simulation manikins "played" the same role today for team of our nursing students who were directed to take vitals, administer medications, explain procedures, and work through the simulation in real time. The Fitchburg State University 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 a hospital scenario as possible. Fellow students watch as their classmates work through the simulation. All students and faculty debrief after the scenario.