Education/Research: West Penn School of Nursing:

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Facilities

Housing

Students choose their housing arrangements. They may commute or elect to live in the Nurses' Residence of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital where space is available for a limited number of women and men.

Each dormitory floor of the Nurses' Residence has a kitchen and lounge. Several other lounges are also available for student leisure activities. Students can buy meals in West Penn Hospital's employee cafe-teria or the Friendship Cafe.

Students make housing arrangements through the admissions office. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Classroom Facilities

Classrooms and science laboratories are located in the Nurses' Residence.

Library/Learning Center

The Richard M. Johnston Health Science Library is under the direction of a professional librarian and provides resources, facilities and services necessary to assist in meeting the information needs of students and faculty. It is located in the Hospital.

The library provides access to the Internet, audiovisual materials, books on nursing and related health sciences, a collection of current professional journals, a daily newspaper, and current events magazines and other recreational reading.

The Helene Fuld Learning Center contains a Nursing Arts Laboratory for demonstration and practice of specific nursing skills, and also a computer lab that is equipped with computers ( with Internet access), software, printers and interactive video stations.

New students attend an orientation to the library and its bibliographic tools. The librarian provides additional help on an individual basis.

Students can borrow materials from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh by presenting verification of a Pittsburgh address. Nearby branches are located in Oakland, East Liberty, Lawrenceville, Squirrel Hill and the North Side.

Clinical Facilities

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, located across Millvale Avenue from the Nurses' Residence, is the School of Nursing's primary clinical facility. Students have planned experiences in assessing patient needs and for planning and providing nursing care for clients in the medical, surgical and obstetric clinical areas.

Student clinical experience in mental health nursing is at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Highland Drive, Pittsburgh. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Allegheny General Hospital provide clinical experiences in pediatric nursing.

Selected community resources provide students with a variety of special experiences and activities.

Travel and traveling expenses to and from all cooperating agencies and community resources are the responsibility of the student. Transportation to some clinical sites requires the use of a car.