Olen Hendrix Hall Built 1926/ Remodeled 1975 Sillllllons' Dreain Realized This year the Harding School of Nursing was very fortunate to receive a state grant for new equipment. This was the first grant of this kind since 1977. It was used to purchase the latest in interactive computers. These computers allow nursing students to go through emergency situations where they can make decisions and deal with the consequences of their actions. This role-playing exercise is made possible by laser discs and computer-assisted instruction. The department also received Macintosh computers to teach how to use the computer as a tool in nursing. There was only one problem. All of the equipment was available, but there was not a proper facility in which to put the new equipment. Fortunately, Dr. John Simmons, a member of the Board of Trustees, along with his family, renovated and endowed a laboratory in the memory of his mother, Mrs. Martha Ruth Simmons. Martha Simmons longed to become a nurse but was unable to do so Tawna Pounders. M.N.Sc.. R.N. Instructor of Nursing Cathleen M. Shultz. Ph.D.. R.N. Professor of Nursing and Dean of the School JoAnn Smith, M.S.N. Assistant Professor of Nursing Louise Truex Sult. l'.:d.D.. R.N. Professor of Nursing and Curriculum Coordinator of the School because of finances and the responsibilities of a family. In 1989 Simmons became the School of Nursing's first honorary nurse. Simmons developed cancer and died in May of 1990. Simmons longed to help future nurses. Her dream was finally fulfilled by the opening of the Martha Ruth Simmons Nursing Lab, located on the third floor of the Olen Hendrix Building. A quote of Simmons is on a plaque in the lab. It reads simply, " . to help God's servants who would be nurses to learn how and why." Thanks to the generosity of the Simmons family, a modern audio-visual lab was made possible for the department. "Most schools don't have laboratories as up to date as ours. We are one of the two schools in the state with interactive computers," said Da- 'Lynn Clayton, resource director of the School of Nursing. She concluded by stating that "interactive technology is the way health care will be taught in the twenty-first century."+ - Scott Baine SCHOOL OF NURSING 25
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