If you decide to study a degree in Nursing or an Ambulance Technician Practice course at NTU in Mansfield, your teaching will be fully based within the cutting-edge Teaching and Learning Centre, combining the various facilities depending on your course, modules and interests, from the authentic Garvey and Seacole Wards to a mock GP office and clinical prep room.
The Teaching and Learning Centre is well-equipped with a range of facilities and equipment you will be using on a daily basis should you pursue a career in your chosen degree subject.
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Garvey Ward
The Garvey Ward is a mock observation ward that currently features four beds of incredibly lifelike mannequins, three of which can be robotically controlled and set using a hand-held device to simulate a range of patient symptoms, illnesses and real-life scenarios you may experience in your role in a hospital.
Seacole Ward and virtual reality wall
Split into three areas, the Seacole Ward again features a mock ward comprising two hospital beds of mannequins that students will learn how to perform day to day care on, an area to practice social work skills in domestic settings, and a digital virtual reality wall which provides an immersive learning environment.
The virtual reality wall is an iPad-operated digital projection onto three walls that is fully configurable in real time.
Lecturers can set the wall up with visuals and sounds to create a realistic situation (such as a motorway crash scene, school playing field or train station) for both Ambulance Technician Practice students and Nursing students to learn and practice what to do in a range of imitation circumstances that they could be faced with in the roles they go into during placement work and post-completing their courses.
The virtual reality wall also features a hospital ward simulator programme which can be navigated using a hand-held device.
CAD Suite
Our new CAD suite opened in May 2022 and is home to all thing’s technology.
The CAD suite is used to teach the usage of the latest industry specific design and engineering software for both the HNC and HND’s being offered here.
Software such as Solidworks, Fushion 360 and Matlab is available for use here, as well as a range of drones.
GP consultation room
Covering all bases, the Health and Allied Professions Building also encompasses a GP consultation room.
Nursing stockroom and Ambulance Technician Practice storeroom
Fully kitted out, the Health and Allied Professions Building stockroom and Ambulance Technician Practice storerooms are stocked to the brim with any equipment you could expect to be using in a day to day situation in the role you choose to go into, fully preparing you for working life.
Nurse’s clinical preparation room
The clinical preparation room provides a realistic environment for students to learn how test samples, vaccines and medicines are stored, tested or prepared.
Teaching spaces
In addition to two classrooms, both wards have teaching areas including usual teaching equipment and mock nurses stations where students can work from.
Cameras are also situated within every room, this is to allow inter-communication between rooms for students observing or working across a range of the facilities.