NSU Horizons Spring 2014

17 HORIZONS By Lona O’Connor A lready a bustling place, with pharmacy and nursing students coming and going each day, as well as courses offered in education, psychology, business, and the arts, NSU’s Palm Beach campus is about to get busier. The third floor of the 75,000-square-foot building has been transformed into an intensive care unit, a simulation suite, and classroom space with state-of-the-art computer labs for its new respiratory therapy program, which recently was accredited. When the fall 2014 term begins, the campus hopes to have 30 students working toward a Bachelor of Science in Respira- tory Therapy degree. NSU is the only institution in the state to offer a bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy. Students can be employed in the field with an associ- ate’s degree and a state license, but the new bachelor’s degree “opens up doors to management, research, and education,” said Marianne Jankowski, D.H.Sc., RRT, chair of the Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences at the Palm Beach campus. “It can also be a stepping stone to master’s degrees or to a physician’s assistant or anesthesiology assistant degree.” Health Care Programs Integral Part of Regional Campus Palm Beach NSU’s regional campuses