Wednesday, May 7: Nursing Labs Open House
A public open house on Wednesday, May 7, will introduce the Erie community to the nursing education laboratories at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
The open house is scheduled from 2 until 6 p.m. in the Benson Building, located on the west end of Penn State Behrend’s campus. Members of the nursing faculty will be on hand to explain the teaching features and equipment found in the college’s nursing technology laboratory and patient simulation center. Admission is free and open to the public.
Penn State Behrend’s nursing simulation lab was recently named a “best practice” by the Pennsylvania Center for Health Careers. It is outfitted with very smart “dummies”—adult and pediatric clinical simulation mannequins that mimic real human physiologic functions and responses.
Penn State Behrend has two nursing degrees: An associate degree in nursing that qualifies graduates to sit for the Registered Nurse licensure exams, and a new R.N. to B.S. program that offers the final two years of coursework for a bachelor’s degree in nursing. This new option primarily targets working nurses and can be pursued with either full- or part-time study.
For more information about the nursing laboratories’ open house or either degree program, please phone 814-898-7584 or click here.