Hartnell College unveils new health building

AT THE START OF THIS DRY STRETCH, IT WAS AT 138-PERCENT. ### NURSING AND HEALTHCARE STUDENTS AT HARTNELL COLLEGE ARE ENJOYING A NEW BUILDING THIS SEMESTER. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER CHRISTIAN BALDERAS JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A LOOK INSIDE THE NEW CENTER.. . ERIN, DAN...THIS NEW BUILDING HAS ALL THE HEALTHCARE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT HARTNELL COE EGLL SUPER EXCITED. BEFORE..STUDENTS WERE SPREAD ALL OVER CAMPUS, T NOW THEY'RE UNDER ONE ROOF. <IT FEELS LIKE THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENS> DLES HA RTNELL COLLEGE UNVEILED THEIR NEW NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCE BUILDING TWO WEEKS AGO... JUST IN TIME FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. STUDENTS ARE ABLEO T SPREAD OUT OVER TWO FLOORS, WHICH INCLUDES MORE CLASSROOMS, NEW EQUIPMENT, A CLINIC, MULTIP SIMLEULATION ROOMS, AND AN ARTIFICIAL REALITY ROOM...ONLY ONE OF TWO OF ITS KIND IN CALIFORNIA. <WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE STUDTSEN AND WE WATNED ENGAGEMENT BECASE WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE TOGETHER W HHOE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL> IN THE ARTIFICI AL REALITY ROOM, CALLED THE ECHO ROOM, A PROJECTOR IMMERSES STUDENTS IN SITUATIONS LIKE A R CA CRASH, SPORTS GAME, OR EVEN BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN AMBULANC E. IN THE SIMULATION ROOMS YOU SEE HERE, STUDENTS OF VARIOUS HEALTHCARE DISCIPLNES COME TOGETHER TO RUN THEIR OWN HYPOTHETICAL CASES. THEY CAN EVEN SIMULATE SMELLS LIKE BLOOD AND EXHAUST. <RIGHT HERE I FEELLIKE WE'RE ABLE TCOO ME TOGETR HE AND IT'S BIGGER...SO WE' LL KNOW HOW TO ACT IN A REAL LIFE SCENARIO> THE UNVEINGLI COMES AT A TIME WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING INTERESTED IN EITHER JOINING T HE HEALTHCARE FIELD OR RETURNING TO SCHOOL TO FURTHER THEIR MEDICAL CAREER... LIKE SHACORIA LAYTON WHO HAS WORKED AS A CERTIFED NURSING ASSISTANT DURING THE PANDEMIC. <"HAVING TO GO FROM THE NEXT PATIENTS ROOM ACTING LIKE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING WHEN SOMEONE WAS DYING NE XT DOOR, THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART...BUT ALSO BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOMEO WNEHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GOING ON KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING CARED FOR AND THEY WE ER GOING TO BE OKAY."> LAST YEAR HARTNELL COLLEGE GOT 300 NURSG IN APICPLATIONS, BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO TAKE ON 40 STUDENTS. THAT'S LESS THAN 15%. BUT THANKS TO THE NEW BUILDING, HARTNELL WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT 10% MORE STUDENTS. HARTNELL COLLEGE SAYS THAT THE NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAMS HAVE A GRADUATION RATE THAT RANGES FROM 80 TO 97 PERCENT. AND MAJORITY OF THEI

Hartnell College kicked off the spring semester with a new Nursing and Health Sciences building.The two story building is 2,500 square feet of classrooms, study rooms, a clinic, multiple simulation rooms and an artificial reality room.The new building is intended to centralize all healthcare and public health students under one roof, which allows for more collaboration among students and staff.In the simulation room students across disciplines can work together to run hypothetical cases in a clinic setting.In the artificial reality room, called the Echo Room, a projector immerses students in situations like a car crash, sports game, or even behind the wheel of an ambulance. It’s only one of two of its kind in California.Students like Cecilia Ruano, in the vocational nursing program, said the building is a huge upgrade.“I love the space,” said Ruano. “There wasn’t a lot of room before. Right here I feel like we can come together and its bigger and we have simulation dummies. We have real life computers, monitors so we’ll know how to act in a real life scenario.”The unveiling comes at a time when more people are becoming interested in either joining the healthcare field or returning to school to further their medical career.Shacoria Layton, a certified nursing assistant, said that she felt a call to action while working with COVID-19 patients. She’s now concurrently a first year vocational nursing student.“Having to go from the next patients room acting like nothing was happening when someone was dying next door, that was probably the hardest part,” said Layton. “But also beneficial because I was able to make someone who doesn't know what going on, know that they're being cared for and they were going to be okay … Some days I would go home crying, but I still feel like this is what I want to do."Last year Hartnell College received 300 nursing applications, but was only able to take on 40 students. That’s less than 15%.Thanks to the new building, Hartnell is able to accept 10% more students across all of the health sciences programs.According to Debra Kazcmar, Dean of Academic Affairs for Nursing and Health Sciences at Hartnell College, the programs are built around the local community.A new community clinic that will operate inside the building and a new program for those wanting to return to the healthcare field, are currently in development.What’s more, the department said a majority of its students choose to work Central Coast after graduating.

SALINAS, Calif. —

Hartnell College kicked off the spring semester with a new Nursing and Health Sciences building.

The two story building is 2,500 square feet of classrooms, study rooms, a clinic, multiple simulation rooms and an artificial reality room.

The new building is intended to centralize all healthcare and public health students under one roof, which allows for more collaboration among students and staff.

In the simulation room students across disciplines can work together to run hypothetical cases in a clinic setting.

In the artificial reality room, called the Echo Room, a projector immerses students in situations like a car crash, sports game, or even behind the wheel of an ambulance. It’s only one of two of its kind in California.

Students like Cecilia Ruano, in the vocational nursing program, said the building is a huge upgrade.

“I love the space,” said Ruano. “There wasn’t a lot of room before. Right here I feel like we can come together and its bigger and we have simulation dummies. We have real life computers, monitors so we’ll know how to act in a real life scenario.”

The unveiling comes at a time when more people are becoming interested in either joining the healthcare field or returning to school to further their medical career.

Shacoria Layton, a certified nursing assistant, said that she felt a call to action while working with COVID-19 patients. She’s now concurrently a first year vocational nursing student.

“Having to go from the next patients room acting like nothing was happening when someone was dying next door, that was probably the hardest part,” said Layton. “But also beneficial because I was able to make someone who doesn't know what going on, know that they're being cared for and they were going to be okay … Some days I would go home crying, but I still feel like this is what I want to do."

Last year Hartnell College received 300 nursing applications, but was only able to take on 40 students. That’s less than 15%.

Thanks to the new building, Hartnell is able to accept 10% more students across all of the health sciences programs.

According to Debra Kazcmar, Dean of Academic Affairs for Nursing and Health Sciences at Hartnell College, the programs are built around the local community.

A new community clinic that will operate inside the building and a new program for those wanting to return to the healthcare field, are currently in development.

What’s more, the department said a majority of its students choose to work Central Coast after graduating.

Hartnell College unveils new health building

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