Clark Regional donation helps get BCTC nursing lab up and operating

Revealed 9:55 am Tuesday, August 16, 2022

The 30 registered nursing college students who comprise the inaugural class on the Winchester campus of Bluegrass Group and Technical Faculty may have a totally stocked lab to hone their expertise, thanks partly to Clark Regional Medical Heart.

The hospital just lately donated 4 massive beds to the school’s new nursing simulation lab.

“With our partnership with Clark Regional Medical Heart – they’re good group companions – and we mentioned, ‘Okay, we obtained authorised so as to add the nursing program to Winchester, however there’s a drawback, we don’t have all of the tools,’” mentioned campus director Bruce Manley. “They mentioned, ‘We’ll aid you.’ Matt Smith (Clark Regional’s CEO) over on the hospital, he did numerous work and located us 4 hospital beds.”

Manley mentioned that the donation helped be certain that the lab can be up and operating for lessons beginning within the fall. As well as, the hospital additionally donated meals in order that college students may have a pleasant scorching meal to get pleasure from between lessons and examine classes.

The lab has all of the beds, tables, chairs, cupboards, and medical devices that one would discover in a regular hospital room.

“We need to get the simulation lab as near the hospital setting as doable to make it possible for the scholars are skilled in the appropriate approach,” Manley mentioned.

Additionally they function some technological marvels that can function educating instruments.

BCTC bought mannequins that can simulate as near a human being as expertise will permit. College students will be capable of take blood stress readings on the mannequins and provides them a catheter.

“These mannequins will really breathe – you possibly can see their chest transferring up and down – and so they additionally blink their eyes. They’re very, very sophisticate mannequins,” Manley mentioned.

Like all essential coaching software, the mannequins have been an costly merchandise to buy. Nonetheless, Manley mentioned that the school may afford them because of years of donations from the group.

The registered nursing program is an funding for the group and the hospital.

“It’s enormous for our group. It’ll present good-paying jobs for our college students. These jobs will even lead into careers at Clark Regional Medical Heart,” Manley mentioned.

The Program

BCTC Winchester is now the third campus within the faculty system to supply an affiliate diploma in nursing. The opposite two are the Leestown Rd. campus in Lexington and the campus in Lawrenceburg.

This system takes two years to finish, and the admissions course of is selective.

“The scholars do should be on the high of their class to get in,” Manley mentioned. “We’ve obtained extra college students attempting to use to nursing college than what we now have spots open … You must have a excessive GPA and excessive take a look at scores to get in.”

On the finish of this system, college students will sit for the NCLEX examination, and as soon as they move their certifications, they are going to be totally licensed registered nurses. They may then be capable of work at a hospital or medical facility.

In accordance with the school’s web site, the typical wage for a registered nurse is over $50,000 a yr.

Manley mentioned that BCTC has a number of the most reasonably priced tuition in Kentucky and that college students with a highschool diploma and no prior superior levels may attend this system free with a Kentucky Work Prepared Scholarship – extra details about it may be discovered on-line at www.workreadykentucky.com.

Anybody occupied with this system is inspired to go to www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu for extra info.