The College of Nursing features a 10,615 square foot Learning and Technology Resource Center (LTRC) that is located on the third floor of the College of Nursing. The LTRC is a state of the art facility which houses a 16-bed hospital lab, 16-table assessment room, collaboration stations, four advanced practice provider clinical examination rooms, a telehealth room, a Pyxis medication room, and debriefing rooms. The LTRC provides a mock hospital for clinical experiences that includes seven high-fidelity simulation laboratories with digital video and audio management systems; four medical-surgical suites, an ICU suite, an obstetric/pediatric four-bed laboratory, and four telehealth robots to enhance distance education and provide clinical collaboration. LTRC in the News Hospital-hosted simulated surgery offers nursing students interprofessional education experience Mock hospital allows nursing students to practice rescuing “patients” under pressure New elective gives students preview of the ups and downs of critical care transport nursing New elective gives nursing students hands-on experience in the perioperative environment UAH College of Nursing students learn using new telehealth robots A Nurse’s Passion Inspires Innovative Approach to Nursing Education Educators Turn to 3D Printing to Train Nursing Students UAH nursing professor champions widespread adoption of clinical simulation UAH’s freshman nursing program – and scholarships – encourage excellence from day one New UAH center consolidates use of simulators to train student nurses Simulation Experiences Clinical simulation experiences are captured via a video capture system which can be viewed anywhere on campus in both real-time and from previously recorded experiences, which provides the opportunity to share the benefits of simulation with larger audiences. The LTRC is supported by an Executive Director, Learning Resource Center Specialist, Healthcare Simulation Specialist, Information Technology Specialist, Instructional Technology Specialist, graduate teaching assistants, and student workers. Usual hours of operation are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (CST) Monday through Friday. To schedule a visit or skills practice, please contact the Learning Resource Center Specialist at 256-824-2430. Human Patient Simulators The simulation hospital features the latest in high fidelity human patient simulators and task trainers. Available Simulators Synthetic Cadaver SynDaver Surgical Simulator CAE Healthcare Simulators Lucina MetiMan/Apollo iStan PediaSim Juno Laerdal Medical Simulators SimNewB SonoSim Gaumard Scientific Simulators Newborn Hal Lifecast Body Simulators Lifecast Baby Lifecast Toddler LTRC Staff Executive Director of Learning and Technology Resource CenterDr. Lori Lioce NUR 410 256.824.6139Lori.Lioce@uah.edu Learning Resource Center SpecialistGarnett Duenow, MHA, RN NUR 349 256.824.2430Garnett.Duenow@uah.edu Healthcare Simulation SpecialistMary Mendendorp, MSN, RN, CHSE NUR 350 256.824.5388Mary.Mendendorp@uah.edu Information Technology SpecialistHunter Cowing NUR 303A 256.824.2450Hunter.Cowing@uah.edu Instructional Technology SpecialistBen Haymond NUR 351 256.824.2891Ben.Haymond@uah.edu