The Dallas County Hospital announced Friday its new partnership with the Purdue University Global School of Nursing to create a more efficient and innovative learning model that meets the needs of Purdue University Global students, Dallas County Hospital staff and the Perry-area community.
The joint venture will include a state-of-the-art simulation center at Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
The simulation center will use a family of high-fidelity, Gaumard-brand manikins that include an infant, child, birthing mother and adult. The center’s space will consist of two large, high-fidelity simulation suites staged to mock hospital rooms with audio and video capabilities, a master control room, two conference rooms to hold debriefings, a skills lab practice room, break area, nurses’ station, central supply area, medication preparation space, offices and storage space.
Additionally, the organizations will work together to create mutually beneficial inter-professional simulation experiences where multiple healthcare professionals will practice patient and family care together.
“Dallas County Hospital is elated to bring our communities Purdue University Global,” said DCH Chief Executive Officer Angela Mortoza and Chief Clinical Officer Cindy Peeler in a joint statement. “The past two-plus years have displayed the vitalness and heroism of nurses and shown the necessity of molding the next generation of nurses to care for our communities. Our partnership will allow the ability to provide the tools, education and experience needed for new nurses to embark upon their careers and display the same levels of compassion and competency we witness in our staff today. We are honored to play a part in nurses’ journeys here and look forward to making a positive difference not only at DCH but in our surrounding health care communities.”
Purdue University Global has similar simulation partnerships at the UnityPoint Health-Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa and at CHI Health St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, with DCH becoming the second location like this in Iowa.
Melissa Burdi, Purdue University Global vice president and dean of the School of Nursing, said her institution is “excited to partner with Dallas County Hospital, creating a state-of-the-art simulation facility that enables our nursing students and healthcare colleagues to engage in immersive learning, with a keen training focus on patient safety, high reliability and quality of care, all while fostering inter-professional collaboration serving the rural community.”
Purdue University Global is a nonprofit, accredited, public university affiliated with Purdue University’s flagship institution, the highly ranked public research university located in West Lafayette, Indiana. For more information, visit the Purdue University Global website.
