Academic Resources

Academic Advisement
Academic advising is a collaborative and purposeful partnership between academic advisors, students and the greater College community. Approached from a holistic perspective, this process considers and respects students’ diverse backgrounds, schedules and goals. Advisors guide students and help facilitate the identification and achievement of the student’s educational and professional objectives.

The College utilizes a team advising model that is set-up to assist students in the most efficient and effective way possible. Students are not assigned a specific academic advisor. Rather, several faculty advisors work collaboratively as a team to advise all matriculated students. With this model, students have the flexibility to meet with any available academic advisor.

College Library
The Library is an information center designed to meet the clinical, educational and research needs of nursing students. The collection includes over 5,000 books, journals and videos related to nursing and medicine, including 24-hour access to online databases and texts.

Computer Facilities
Students have access to several computer terminals located within both the College Library and computer lab.

Nursing Skills Lab and Simulation Center
These areas provide students with an innovative and up-to-date environment to practice and demonstrate learned nursing skills.  Students learn and enhance skills in a pleasant, non-threatening and supportive environment – with the goal of providing safe, competent and quality patient care.  These areas provide an opportunity for students to bring theory and critical thinking to the bedside, linking nursing concepts and skills learned in the classroom in simulated patient scenarios.

Skills Lab resources include:

• Seven low-fidelity adult patient mannequins of diverse backgrounds
• Various task trainers
• Open lab hours – allowing for independent student skills practice
• Frequent faculty supported practice time

Simulation Center resources include:

• Two fully-functioning patient rooms
• Three high-fidelity patient simulators of diverse backgrounds: SimMan, SimMom (birthing simulator) and SimBaby

Audio-visual technology (cameras and microphones) located within the Simulation Center enable the capture of live and recorded student activity during the enactment of simulation scenarios – as well as remote access and video streaming capabilities.  Recorded student activity is then viewed during faculty-led debriefing sessions with the goal of enhancing reflective learning.

All simulation resources, patient simulators/mannequins and software (scenarios) embrace and incorporate diverse populations and ethnicities.

Academic Adjustments
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 (subsection E) of the Rehabilitation Act, qualified students with disabilities are entitled to reasonable academic adjustments (accommodations) at Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital. Any current or prospective student may contact the Assistant Dean for Students to discuss their disability and its potential impact on their learning. A request form and appropriate required medical documentation must be submitted, reviewed by the Assistant Dean for Students and approved prior to implementation of any adjustments.