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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 2012 UA61/3 WKU Nursing & Physical Therapy - The Medical Center - WKU Health Sciences Complex WKU Health & Human Services Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records  Part of the Architectural Engineering Commons, Construction Engineering Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Public Relations and Advertising Commons This Report is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact topscholar@wku.edu. Nursing and Physical Therapy --.. -- ® The Medical Center - WKU Health Sciences Complex The Medical Center-WKU Health Sciences Complex The Medica l Center-WKU Health Sciences Complex, a 73,471-square-foot, three-story facility, is under construction on the campus of The Medical Center at Bowling Green at a cost of $18.4 million. In support of WKU, The Medical Center and its parent company, Commonwealth Health Corp., is constructing the new facility to house the University's Nursing and Physical Therapy programs and to provide educational space for the hospital. The project wil l address the national nursing shortage by providing much-needed space for WKU to expand its program and double the number of students who can enroll in the University's Nursing program. Eighty percent of the facil ity will be used by WKU to accommodate assembly, training, classroom and business functions for WKU. The remaining 20 percent will be used by The Medical Center for an auditorium and bed labs for c linical training. The facility will be located at 700 First Ave. on the edge of the hospita l's campus that borders U.S. 3 IW-Bypass . It is projected that the complex will be completed by the 2013 fall semester at WKU. First Floor Main Lobby With inviting seating, large windows, and vending area, the first-floor lobby will serve as the point of e n try for the new state-of-the-art facility. This area will also be the location for the inter-active Donor Wall of Honor, which will recognize all donors who commit $ 1,000 or more to the building project. First Floor - Nursing Computer Laboratory Nursing C lassrooms These theater-style classrooms, lo-cated on the first floor of the facility, will feature comfortable seating for 135 students. Large whiteboards and tech-nology-ready screens will aid in student instruction. This 90-seat computer laboratory will feature computerized testing services to allow students to take both classroom and pre-NCLEX practice exams in the same type of environment they will eventually experience during their NCLEX exam. In addition, the room can be set as a computer training area to allow instructors to demonstrate use of electronic medical records and other software students will need to use during their nursing program. Finally, this room will be the only computer lab available for both Nursing and Physical Therapy students at the new building. The lab will be open for students to use the computers whenever it is not scheduled for a test or class use. Second Floor - Nursing Nursing Reception Suite and Office Areas The Nursing Reception Suite will house the recep-tion area for visitors, students and potential nursing stu-dents, as well as the receptionist's station for all of the Nursing Programs. It will also contain the offices for the Director of the WKU School of N ursing and the Nursing Office Coordinator. Additional individual of-fices for program coordinators, graduate students, fac-ulty, and professional staff will also be located on the second Floor. A Faculty/Staff Lounge will allow employ-ees on the second floor to have a private break area. Complete with refrigerator, microwave, television and other amenities, the lounge will serve as a comfortable room for meals and other breaks. A workroom will house copying, storage, and project spaces. - .. Second Floor Nursing Clinical Learning Center This large area will be the key hands-on laboratory learning space for all Nursing stu-dents. This four-room suite will feature two identical nursing clinical labs, complete with hospital-style beds, headwalls and equipment, and human models for training of nursing stu• dents. Bedside computerized medica l records will be incorporated, which will allow students to chart their nursing activities just as they would in a hospital setting. In addition, two at-tached skills classrooms will allow students to review videos or computer-assisted learning modules of specific skills prior to hands-on practice in the learning laboratory. Simulation Learning Laboratories Each of these two specialized spaces wi ll contain a three-bed ICU set up (Adult/Pediatric ICU, High-Risk Birth and High-Risk Neonate), as well as the associated equipment needed for each simulation. High-Definition "SimMan" human simulators will allow students to ac-tually respond to emergency situations in a safe and con-trolled environment. The SimMan will include pre-programed simulations such as heart attack, stroke and breech delivery. It will also have the capacity for instructors and the simulation technicians to create their own scenarios to train students in areas that are re-quested by specific clinical agencies. This three-room suite will feature the clinical simulation room, plus a shared computer control room and an observation room for the rest of the class to observe the students who are being trained/tested in the simulation room. This will be the most high-tech area within the new nursing educational spaces. Because of the large number of Nursing students being trained at WKU, two identical simulation learning labs will be available. Second Floor Nursing Conference Center The Nursing Conference Center will feature a central brick fireplace and wide windows t hat will offer a lovely view of the large Comm onwealth Health Corpo-ration medical campus. With an attached catering kitchenette, the Cente r will pro-vide an inviting space for luncheons, re-ceptions, guest speakers, and lectures. ~ ,-.: -Th_i{d· floor - ~hy~i~c~I T~_erapy . Third Floor Physical T herapy Reception Suite and Office Areas The Physical Therapy Suite will house the reception area for visitors, students, and potential students, as well as the re-ceptionist's station for program and a study center. It will also contain the offices for the Director of Physical Therapy and Clinical Agency Coordinator. Additional offices for coordina-tors, graduate students, facu lty, and professional staff will also be located on the third Floor. A Faculty/Staff Lounge will allow employees on the third floor to have a private break area. Com-plete w ith refrigerator, microwave, television, and other ameni -ties, the lounge will serve as a comfortable space for meals and other breaks. A workroom will house copying, storage, and project spaces. Physical Therapy Student Lounge and Kitchenette As most of the Physical Therapy stu-dents' time is spent in the classrooms, the Physical Therapy Student Lounge and Kitchenette will allow students to have a private break area between classes. Com-plete with refrigerator, microwave, and other amenities, the lounge serves as a comfortable space for meals and other breaks. Third Floor Physical Therapy Instructional Wing Two large (more than 2,000-square-feet each), adjacent, multipurpose class-rooms will be located next to the Cadaver Lab. These third-floor classrooms will in-clude versatile "trainer tables" that will serve as students desks during lectures and as treatment tables during laboratory expe-riences. The third-floor classrooms will also have additional treatment cubicles in the back of each room, along with treat-ment tables and other physical therapy equipment. Cadaver Lab • The 1,000-square-foot Cadaver Lab will house, along with an installed controlled supply air system, eight downdraft ca-daver tanks for human cadaver dissection. These are special local exhaust tanks that have a dedicated negative ventilation system/exhaust to limit exposure and effectively remove offensive cadaver smells away from the students who are working on the cadavers. The Cadaver Lab will include a mounted overhead camera system that will allow the projection of cadaver images to the four monitors within the Cadaver Lab or to either of the adjacent Physical Therapy Classrooms. The Cadaver Lab wil l also include men's and women's locker rooms and shower faci lities. Third Floor Physical Therapy Exercise/Research Lab The Exercise/Research Lab will include two adjoining 1,000-square-foot laboratories with rubberized sport flooring. The state-of-the-art de-sign will include a moveable wall between the rooms to allow both rooms to be used simultane-ously. Within the research area, a recessed force plate pit will accommodate up to six force plates, a Balance Master computerized balance and pro-prioception assessment machine, metabolic carts to measure oxygen consumption during exercises, and a video motion analysis system. The exercise area will include various exercise equipment common in physical therapy practice, such as treadmills, stationary bikes, upper extremity cycling e rgometers, elliptical machines, parallel bars, treatment tables, and various physical therapy equipment. These areas will be used for instructional purposes and for research studies. D 0 YES, Start my gift to the Health Sciences Complex Donor Wall Gift □ $1,000 D Pay in full INSTALLMENT OPTIONS D $200 year/5 years D $17 month/5 years• □ $5,000 D Pay in full INSTALLMENT OPTIONS □ $1,000 year/5 years □ $84 month/5 years· □ $2,500 D Pay in full INSTALLMENT OPTIONS □ $500 year/5 years □ $42 month/5 years• □ $10,000+ NAMING OPPORTUNITIES 0 Please contact me regarding naming opportunities in the Health Sciences Complex * Automatic Credit/Debit/EFT only Other$ ___ _ Total Enclosed $ ____ _ NAME GRAD YEAR ADDRESS CITY ST ZIP PHONE EMAIL ■ ~~;:P~S~:!:E~~ES COMPLEX 292 Alumni Avenue, Suite 305 Bowling Green, KV 42101-1016 D My gift is eligible to be matched by my employer (Please include your company's matching gift form· www.matchinggiftuom/Wku) Method of Payment anyrime online at www.wku.edu/makeagift D Check (Payable to WKU Foundation) D Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Beginning date_/ 1s / _ (Please include a voided check• withdrawals made on the 15th of each month) D Credit Card/ Debit Card (Fill in card information below) □ VISA □ Discover □ MasterCard □ American Express CARD NUMBER V-CODE SIGNATURE EXP. DATE We are offering alumni and friends of WKU a unique once-in-a 1,fetime opportunity to make your mark on this important facili ty through a gift to support the project. A variety of naming opportunities are available and are described in the at-tached brochure. All gifts of $1,000 or more will be recognized on a Donor Wall in the complex. Your pledge can be fulfilled for as little as$ t 7 per month, so it is tru ly a grassroots effort in which all alumni and friends can participate. Gifts of$ t ,000 or more will be permanently and prominently recognized in the H ea lth Sci-ences Complex on a donor recognition wall. ~ ti-- I a 

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