Nursing Foundations Lab

Fundamental of Nursing Lab is aimed at helping the students to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills in technique of nursing practice.  The spacious lab is well equipped with patient simulators, CPR mannequins, life form hand simulator etc. The lab are lined with hospital beds holding “patients” (mannequins) dressed in hospital gowns with a pillow, a blanket, an over bed table, a bedside table, a bed side locker, infusion stand and a bed screen for privacy.

Teachers can use this area to lecture and students can practice in this area. In the center of the room is a seating area with movable tables to enhance visibility for any sized group of students.

All required articles are placed in different cupboards to demonstrate nursing skills. The uniqueness of the Lab is that it combines the atmosphere of the hospital environment with sophisticated learning technology. There are containers for the proper disposal of waste to practice waste management in hospital settings.

The mannequins with movable limbs and replaceable parts are recipients of a variety of nursing interventions such as Hand washing methods, Bed making, positioning, injections, intravenous catheters, nasogastric tubes, Foleys catheters, wound care, hair care, vital signs monitoring, various specimen collection, oxygenation therapy, CPR etc