{"id":8370,"date":"2022-09-07T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=8370"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:05:15","slug":"new-simulation-center-ready-to-train-next-generation-of-nurses-at-uw-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/new-simulation-center-ready-to-train-next-generation-of-nurses-at-uw-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"New simulation center ready to train next generation of nurses at UW-Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8371\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2022\/08\/MIL_nursing-simulation-center_ziemer2-20220719_EH_IMC_3469.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2022\/08\/MIL_nursing-simulation-center_ziemer2-20220719_EH_IMC_3469.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Melissa Melcher (left), clinical assistant professor, and Bayan Alqam, teaching assistant and PhD nursing student, checking a manikin in the Clinical Skills Lab at the new UWM James and Yvonne Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center. (UWM Photo\/Elora Hennessey)\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Melcher (left), clinical assistant professor, and Bayan Alqam, teaching assistant and PhD nursing student, check a manikin in the Clinical Skills Lab at the new UWM James and Yvonne Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center. (UWM Photo\/Elora Hennessey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hidden behind the red brick exterior of a building in UW-Milwaukee\u2019s Northwest Quadrant, a professional-grade nursing facility designed with clean lines and pale Panther gold paint is where the next generation of health care professionals will learn.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in Fall 2022, nursing students at UW-Milwaukee, UWM at Waukesha and UW-Parkside will gain hands-on work experience at the UWM James and Yvonne Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center. The facility has 23 hospital beds allowing students the ability to practice with manikins to simulate medical procedures such as childbirth. Graduate students will use space in the Simulation Center for physical assessment and other advanced practice experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to make sure the simulation space actually matched what professional health care facilities look like,\u201d said Jessica Rotier, clinical assistant professor and director of nursing simulations. \u201cI reached out to everyone I know at different hospitals and asked, \u2018What do you have so that we can make sure what we\u2019re doing looks similar to real life?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2ffUX-bfZtw\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A nursing station is in the center of the facility, opening up to the mini hospital. Here, students will access the three surgical rooms, an intensive care unit room and a labor and delivery room. From there, variegated gray carpet leads guests toward professional conference rooms, study spaces and classrooms, including one smart classroom with a virtual reality system.<\/p>\n<p>The facility has one pseudo apartment \u2014 including running water \u2014 for students to do risk assessment for falls or other potential patient injuries, as well as discharge planning. Rotier said. In another part of the center, a clinic with five patient exam rooms will hold nursing simulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Ziemer Clinical Simulation center has three skills labs where students will learn to work with medications, including IVs, catheters, wound care, lift equipment and ambulation aids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that clinical learning is an important part of students\u2019 learning and is different from simulation,\u201d College of Nursing Dean Kim Litwack said. \u201cThis center and simulations will help augment that learning by letting students learn how to do high-risk procedures in a low-risk environment. It\u2019s about developing and building essential critical thinking skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>$1 million donation<br \/>\nIn 2015, three-time UWM alumnus and former CEO and president of Harley-Davidson James Ziemer and his wife, Yvonne, donated $1 million tin support of UWM\u2019s College of Nursing. The gift was meant to strengthen the school\u2019s capacity to address Wisconsin\u2019s nursing shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin could be short more than 6,000 nurses in the workforce by 2025, according to Administrators of Nursing Education of Wisconsin. Building public-private relationships to create \u201cGrow Our Own\u201d programs is an essential step to addressing the state\u2019s nursing shortage, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association\u2019s 2022 Workforce Report.<\/p>\n<p>The Ziemer Simulation Center has been in the works for about 15 years, Litwack said. Dean emeritus Sally Lundeen, who retired in 2016, led the charge to build a \u201creal world,\u201d medical-grade clinical simulation center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur old facilities did not adequately match what our students will experience in clinical practice , so we needed to upgrade our learning facilities to match the workforce environment,\u201d Lukaszewicz said.<\/p>\n<p>Program highly ranked<br \/>\nThe goal is to improve the program and give students the best education possible, she added. In 2022, U.S. News &amp; World Report ranked UWM\u2019s bachelors, master\u2019s and doctor of nursing practice programs in the top 15% in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Nursing instructors are excited to bring students into these experiential learning spaces at the Ziemer Simulation Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis center will create interdisciplinary work opportunities, not just for nursing but, eventually, all health sciences majors, which is exciting,\u201d Litwack said. \u201cWe are really working to create more hands-on learning and working opportunities for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by Lauren Breunig<\/p>\n<p>Link to original story: <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-simulation-center-ready-to-train-next-generation-of-nurses\/\">https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-simulation-center-ready-to-train-next-generation-of-nurses\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden behind the red brick exterior of a building in UW-Milwaukee\u2019s Northwest Quadrant, a professional-grade nursing facility designed with clean lines and pale Panther gold paint is where the next generation of health care professionals will learn. 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