The Bentson Center is an 11,000-square-foot learning simulation environment for nursing education, research, professional development and interprofessional cooperation in Densford Hall. It is designed to reflect the future of health care delivery and nursing science.
The Bentson Center is Available for External Use
- State-of-the-art technology: Sophisticated high-tech facilities, integration of electronic health records and use of supportive technologies including mobile records systems and telehealth technology. Thirty-eight cameras make possible the observation, recording and review of simulations and exercises.
- Simulated environments that span the continuum of care: including acute, critical, surgical, skilled, ambulatory and home care settings.
- Designed for optimal team education and training experiences involving a range of health care professionals. The space was carefully planned by an inter-professional team for optimal training and education.
- Opportunities for the health care community: The School of Nursing welcomes community collaboration. Organizations may use the facility to simulate large-scale scenarios for training of hospital or community staff. Other organizations may be more interested in research, development and testing of products and processes in a contemporary health care environment.
Bentson Center Spaces
Active Learning Lab
(4-142 Densford Hall)
Flexible walls, hospital beds, portable headwalls and a medication room simulate a fully-modern health care environment. High-tech presentation and recording equipment provide a first-rate training experience.
- Laptop computer
- Large portable whiteboard (2)
- 8 Hospital beds
- Independent Learning Lab
- Medication room with Pyxis
- 2 Flat screens
- 3 Video/audio recording stations
- Projector/screen
- Portable headwall units (4)
- Movable walls for expansion
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
Acute Care
(4-136 Densford Hall)
This two-room suite features an anteroom and acute care room environment. Functional, modern equipment provides a realistic acute care experience.
- Functional touch-free sink
- Flat screen Monitor
- Active headwall with 90 PSI compressed air
- Anteroom
- Video/audio recording
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
- Hospital bed
- Hospital sleeper/chair
- Flat screen monitor
- Anesthesia machine
Classroom Space
(4-130 Densford Hall)
This area features a large central meeting space that can be enclosed with a glass partition wall. Flexible work tables can be reconfigured for meeting, classroom or small group settings. A central podium controls large presentation screens located throughout the room.
- Desktop computer
- Classroom/iTV capability
- Projectors (2)
- DVD player
- 2 Whiteboard walls
- 70-inch touchscreen monitor (2)
- Video/audio recording
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
- Video Streaming
- Movable walls for expansion
Home Environments/Patient Room
(4-124 Densford Hall)
This area includes three connected rooms. The center room is a hospital/nursing home patient room.
- Hospital bed
- Hospital sleeper chair
- Bathroom with sink, tub, shower and toilet
- Video/audio recording
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
- Overhead patient lift
- Portable patient lift
- Active headwall
- Flat screen monitor
- Functional touch-free sink
Home Environments A & B
(4-122 & 4-126 Densford Hall)
This area includes three connected rooms. Home environment rooms, with simulated living and kitchen spaces, located on either side of a patient room.
- Foldout sofa
- Coffee table
- Kitchenette with table
- Functional sinks
- Flatscreen monitors
- Video/audio recording
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
Primary Care
(4-114, 4-116 & 4-118 Densford Hall)
This area includes three separate, identical, adjacent clinic rooms with a large conference table just outside them.
- Exam table
- Desktop computer
- Large flat screen
- Functional sinks
- Wall-mounted diagnostic equipment
- Video/audio recording
- High-capacity conference Wi-Fi
- Provider workstation
- Functional touch-free sink