Mercy Hospital-Cassville provides $60K to Crowder Nursing program
January 31, 2024
Photo and Story by Adriana Keeton, [email protected]
Shown above, left to right, are Crowder College Administrators Dr. Paul Schlag, Associate Vice President; Sarah Smith, Director – Cassville Center; Sandra Wilson, Director of Nursing; and Dr. Katricia Pierson, President, Mercy Board and administration are Bill Shiveley, Secretary/Treasurer of the Board; Jill LeCompte, Vice Chairperson of the Board; Donald Cupps, Board member; Amy Boxx, Chairperson of the Board; Valerie Davis, Administrator; and Adene Smith, Director of Operations and Nursing at Mercy Hospital Aurora.
Administrators from Crowder College met with Mercy Hospital- Cassville board members and administration at the Cassville hospital last week to accept a donation of $60,000 which will fund the college’s Cassville Instruction Center’s nursing program.
“Partnerships with clinical sites are significant to our nursing programs,” stated Sandra Wilson, Director of Nursing, Crowder College. “Our faculty, staff, and students are grateful for the support and opportunities Mercy Cassville has provided through this donation as well as clinical experiences and employment of our students.”
The funds will be used in two parts in Crowder’s Clinical Simulation Lab in Cassville according to Wilson. $32K will cover the cost of their new “Anne” High Fidelity Simulator which helps strengthen student skills and clinical judgment. This will be the second working simulator in the Cassville program.
The other $28K will go towards the $38K bill to install audio and visual equipment allowing students to review clinical observations as well as review their own clinical experience allowing students to be autonomous with their decisions.
Crowder College- Cassville plans to hold an open house for public to view the Clinical Simulation Lab in the Spring.
Crowder College provides nursing programs at its Cassville, Neosho, McDonald County and Nevada locations. The four semester Registered Nurse program is highly competitive admitting up to 150 students at these locations throughout the year. Applications for the McDonald County and Nevada locations are currently open through February 1. Cassville and Neosho will be accepting applications May 1 through August 1. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.crowder.edu/academics/departments/nursing/.
“Partnerships with clinical sites are significant to our nursing programs,” stated Sandra Wilson, Director of Nursing, Crowder College. “Our faculty, staff, and students are grateful for the support and opportunities Mercy Cassville has provided through this donation as well as clinical experiences and employment of our students.”
The funds will be used in two parts in Crowder’s Clinical Simulation Lab in Cassville according to Wilson. $32K will cover the cost of their new “Anne” High Fidelity Simulator which helps strengthen student skills and clinical judgment. This will be the second working simulator in the Cassville program.
The other $28K will go towards the $38K bill to install audio and visual equipment allowing students to review clinical observations as well as review their own clinical experience allowing students to be autonomous with their decisions.
Crowder College- Cassville plans to hold an open house for public to view the Clinical Simulation Lab in the Spring.
Crowder College provides nursing programs at its Cassville, Neosho, McDonald County and Nevada locations. The four semester Registered Nurse program is highly competitive admitting up to 150 students at these locations throughout the year. Applications for the McDonald County and Nevada locations are currently open through February 1. Cassville and Neosho will be accepting applications May 1 through August 1. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.crowder.edu/academics/departments/nursing/.
