4 Corners Newsletter - Vol 4 - Central Queensland University

LABS Continued from previous pageThe labs have been set up to replicate a clinical environmentand consist of an open plan training space with eight nursingbeds at one end. It also incude a bathroom-equpped trainingspace and three beds for high-fidelity manikin simulations atthe other end, with a compact store area centrally locatedbetween the two spa5ces to service both.The new facilities also include mannequins, scrub andnursing stations, hoists, IV pumps, syringe drivers, ECGmachines, a simulation viewing room, a birthing bath and twobirthing beds.Above: Nursing beds with mannequins and medical equipment thatreplicates a real life environment. Below: Nursing station, scruband bathroom area.“These resources are vital and will enable us to producepassionate nurses and midwives for this region,” ProfessorChapman said.Ms Rampton said she was delighted to be officiallyopening the facility and was looking forward to continuing thepartnership with CQUniversity’s students and graduates.“The new labs are a wonderful place for students to learnnew skills and prepare them for a career in the health industry,”Ms Rampton said.“We are proud to be working with CQUniversity to grow theregion’s next generation of nurses and midwives.”Head of Campus in Mackay, Professor Pierre Viljoen saidstudents in the region were beginning to see the benefits ofstudying at CQUniversity.Right: Professor Chapman demonstraties the working of the bithingbath. Below: Nursing station, scrub and bathroom area.“Quality learning resources and facilities like the newNursing and Midwifery labs are vital for such a fast-growingUniversity in a region like Mackay - we need to provide modernstudents with the best learning experience possible.”Left: One of themannequins availablein the laboratory.Right: Third year students,Merinda, Kahla and Vicki,at work in the viewing room- enhanicing their practicalskills in the purpose-builtlaboratory.2