UNI celebrates completed nursing facility for BSN programs
UNI is celebrating its newly completed nursing facility, giving students access to advanced, hands-on training designed to mirror real-world clinical environments.
Located on the main floor of the Innovative Teaching & Technology Center, the finished unit resembles a functioning hospital, complete with a nurses’ station, simulated electronic medical record system, a medication administration area, and patient care rooms. The approximately $9.5 million project took about two and a half years to complete.
The project is also equipped with debriefing rooms for student collaboration and reflection as well as faculty offices. It fulfills a long-standing vision for UNI’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, according to Chief Academic Nursing Administrator Nancy Kertz.
“It feels pretty incredible to see it come full circle from the initial conception of what it should be to final completion,” Kertz said.
