Lehman College, Nursing Education, Research & Practice Center

Design team
Natale V. Barranco (Principal); Joseph Zappulla (Project Manager); Bridgette Van Sloun (Project Architect); Martin D. Stein (Planner); Jonathan C. Ruiz (Project Designer); Karla Gutierrez (Designer)

The new nursing school at Lehman College, aptly named the Nursing Education, Research, and Practice Center, was created to expand instructional and hands-on lab space and meet the growing need for health care workers in underserved communities in the Bronx. The health care sector is the borough’s largest employer, and as the only public college in the Bronx to offer bachelor and graduate degrees in nursing, the new school is poised to contribute significantly to the pipeline of highly skilled, diverse, and competent nursing professionals who live and work in the area. Offering students hands-on training is essential to prepare them so they can deliver the best possible care to their patients.

The nursing center is in the Kingsbridge Heights section of the Bronx, sitting cozily along the Jerome Park Reservoir between two large buildings of the Lehman College campus. The state-of-the-art facility is situated in a new five-story building; it houses classrooms, simulation labs, student lounges, faculty offices, and a cellar that holds the bulk of the building’s many services. Biophilic design principles were used to develop a sense of connectivity to daylight and the natural environment. Students have ample places to take a break, recharge and restore themselves.

At the core of the nursing program is a nursing simulation lab with 22 programmable, computerized patient simulators. It provides a full-size replica of a clinical environment in which students are exposed to real-world procedures. A 20-bed nursing skills and physical assessment lab is outfitted with debriefing rooms so students and faculty can assess their training in real-time. The intent is to offer an immersive training experience in a realistic, busy, hospital setting so that students may respond in kind to a variety of incidents.

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