Medical and surgical nursing Lab (2) Provides safe training environment for all nursing students in practical courses. The aim of this lab is to prepare nursing students to acquire nursing skills and master the skills needed to provide high quality, safe nursing care and develop their self-confidence before moving to the real clinical settings.

The lab is located on the Second Floor of the faculty of nursing building

 (N2 – L2)
The lab is open to all students Five days a week (Sunday to Thursday) from 8:15 a.m

until 5:15 p.m

- The lab has two teaching rooms with spaces that could accommodate 30 students for each.

- Basically students can practice procedures on designed models based on their course level.
  Such procedures and skills include:

• Head-to-Toe Assessment.
• Monitoring vital signs.
• Oxygen therapy.
• Chest physiotherapy.
• Dressing.
• Bandaging.
• Medical & Surgical Asepsis, isolation precaution.
• Patient Hygiene.
• Nasogastric tube insertion, Irrigation, Administering Enteral Nutrition, Removal
• Extraction of Blood Samples.
• Initiation of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter.
• Administration of Intravenous Solution, replacement of Intravenous Tubing.
• Medication administration (oral, intravenous ,intramuscular, …etc).
• Male and female urinary catheterization.
• Colostomy care.
• Application of cast and traction.
  
  

 Some of the equipment's available in the lab are:

- New VITAL –SIM.
- Nursing model for full  practical simulation of care & patient assessment for male and female procedure.
- Different models to illustrate the types of injuries and wounds ( Diabetic foot models, Wounds models).
- Medical beds.
- TVs + video + recorded tapes in the field of nursing.
- Sugar testing devices.

- Different types of thermometers for measuring body temperature.

- Blood pressure apparatus.

- Oxygen cylinder and regulator.

- Diagnostic test for ENT.

- Dental and heart and ear models.

   For more details contact lab Supervisor Walid Hayajneh at (23617).