Nursing at Aquinas College

A nursing skills lab is located at Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital dedicated for use by the nursing students in our program. The lab is equipped with current hospital equipment and instruments and features mannequins for students to practice on.  We also have a state-of-the-art simulation lab located at Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital, with infant, pediatric and adult simulation mannequins. The simulation lab mimics patient rooms on a medical unit, an emergency room, and an operating room. The simulation lab is also equipped with recording equipment so that students not involved directly in the simulation itself can participate via video.

The clinical supervision ratio is one faculty member supervisor for every six to eight students, allowing individualized attention for each student.
 
Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital is located in downtown Grand Rapids, just two miles from Aquinas College. It is an integrated health care network serving West Michigan with an emphasis on caring for the whole person. The network encompasses more than 2,500 employees, a 344-bed, JCAHO-accredited teaching hospital, and a wide variety of primary and critical care services including: The Lacks Cancer Center, The Wege Institute, The Hauenstein Neuroscience Center, the Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, a regional kidney transplant program, 18 primary care physician offices, three fitness center, five community outreach centers, and the area’s leading primary care physician group. It is a member of Trinity health the country’s second-largest, non-profit Catholic health care system. >More Information