NEW DIMENSIONS FOR HEALING

                     

A CAMPAIGN FOR THE SCHOOL OF NURSING

 

            The School of Nursing has a very strong clinical component with 120 additional hours of summer practicum.

 

            The School of Nursing programs have expanded to the include MSN degree which include the Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, and the dual degree MSN/MBA tracks.  A variety of options encourage the AS nurse to pursue the baccalaureate degree or the accelerated MSN program.

 

SAU nurses are known for their clinical competence, but also for SAU=s tradition of Christian caring.   It is this combination which makes our contribution to nursing most important.

 

The demand for more qualified nurses and nursing administrators, along with the strong reputation of Southern’s nursing program, has pushed the School of Nursing beyond the capacity of its current facilities.  In order to continue to meet the urgent needs of the nursing professional and our growing number of nursing students, the School of Nursing must expand and enhance its facilities now.

 

Southern has responded with a bold plan to completely renovate and enlarge Herin Hall, the home of the School of Nursing.  The critical need for a renovated and expanded building is based on the following information:

 

• Loss of two classrooms when the Learning Resource Center moved from McKee Library into Herin Hall in 1983

 

• Total enrollment in 1975 when the Associate Degree and Baccalaureate Degree programs moved into Herin Hall was 338 students in clinical nursing on three campuses (Collegedale, Madison, & Orlando)

 

• Total enrollment in Winter 2003 in clinical nursing was 275 students on one campus – Collegedale

 

• Addition of two computerized patient simulators in the Fall of  2002 which requires additional space in the Skills Laboratory

 

• Use of computerized testing only at the Associate Degree level which has a dramatic effect on usage of the Learning Resource Center

 

• Development and effective utilization of the tutorial program – Assisting Students to Achieve Professionally (ASAP)

 

The expanded and renovated Herin Hall will provide the following:

 

• Skills Laboratory and storage
• Enlarge the Skills Lab by 100% or more

 

• First floor – increase space by 65 – 70%
• Two additional classrooms
• Larger Learning Resource Center
• Additional seminar room
• Provide a dedicated undergraduate student lounge

 

• Second floor – increase space by 65 – 70%
• One additional large classroom
• Add one seminar room
• Add a graduate student lounge
• Larger faculty workroom
• Provide an ASAP seminar room and office
• Larger faculty offices
• Larger administrative/reception area
• Added file and storage and file space

 

• Overall building changes
• Improved handicap access
• New roof and entry
• An elevator

 

 

It is imperative that the School of Nursing move rapidly to provide this long overdue facility for the growing program needs and numbers of students. 

 

The School of Nursing at Southern Adventist University has been leading the way in responding to the changing environment in health care today.  For example, our school has graduated 3,667 nurses who work around the globe.  They range from hospital administrators and nursing educators, to nurses in community clinical agencies, physicians, entrepreneurs, and missionaries in remote villages. 

 

 The School of Nursing New Dimensions for Healing Campaign provides an unprecedented opportunity to positively impact nursing education and health care locally and internationally, by continuing to educate competent nurses and health care leaders. The campaign will expand the dimensions of the nursing building, but more importantly, it will expand the dimensions of our programs, expand our capacity to teach, and expand the ability of our students to heal and care for others.

 

The projected cost of the substantial addition and renovation is $3 million.  The updated plan will add space that is critically and urgently needed.

 

You are invited to be a part of nursing=s future at Southern.  Join with faculty, friends, and alumni of the School of Nursing in preparing the school for the challenges that face health care and the nursing profession in the 21^st century.   

    

To Learn More about the New Dimensions for Healing Campaign, contact Dr. Barbara James, Dean, School of Nursing at 423.236.2940, or by email at bjames@southern.edu.