Goshen College opens new state-of-the art Nursing and Public Health Center

GOSHEN, Ind. -- After 16 months of development, Goshen College has partnered with donors, Goshen Health and healthcare professionals to develop a program similar to real life challenges students will face in the workforce.

From flexible classrooms to upgrading the technology the new state-of-the-art Nursing and Public Health center will give students at Goshen College the hands-on training they need to tackle challenges they will face in healthcare.

Classes will be in session starting at 8 a.m. and until 1p.m. but the goal is to double the enrollment of nursing students and create a direct pipeline to help ease the on-going healthcare worker shortage in the region.

$21 million was invested into this facility to install three simulation rooms, six exam rooms, and modern training equipment students will explore to learn and practice real world skills with confidence.

Dr. Jewel Yoder, the chair of Nursing and Public Health, encourages students to visit the new center as they take their new Goshen College’s partnerships to another level as this collaboration will be a benefit to students, hospitals and the communities they serve.

“Come in here to see the great equipment that we have, we always had an amazing program but it’s hard to sell an amazing program when you don’t have the bells and whistles to kind of show to go with it,” said Yoder.

Goshen Health has joined forces with Goshen College to ensure that students will be prepared to step into the workforce from day one.

Goshen healthcare professionals will be on site at 2 p.m. to conduct mannequin training in efforts to showcase a collaboration between professionals and students, they will conduct a demonstration of the advanced technology students will be trained on.

“If we are going to double our enrollment colleges have to take on some of the onus of having the equipment to be able to train their students in sort of real-life situations that way, we are not putting all of the strain from so many students on our hospital partners,” said Yoder.

The addition of advanced simulations will provide students with hands-on ICU training, the ability to change vitals, and a simulated labor and delivery experience.

To learn what classes will look like for the next wave of healthcare professionals visit their website to browse the resources that will be available to students.