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Helen Glass Centre for Nursing

Named for Dr. Helen Glass, a UM professor and founder of the Manitoba Nursing Research Institute, Helen Glass Centre features numerous skills and simulation labs where nursing and midwifery students can practice caring for patients in hospital-like settings.

Helen Glass Centre Atrium

Inside the Helen Glass Centre atrium, you’ll find the main reception desk as well as offices for student advisors and the Nursing Students’ Association. The Dr. Margaret Elder Hart Heritage Room displays items from nursing history.

Helen Glass Centre Lecture theatre

This lecture theatre is among the largest classroom spaces in Helen Glass Centre, with capacity for over 100 students.

Helen Glass Centre Skills lab

The skills lab gives nursing students the chance to understand the patient experience, practice skills such as drawing blood and inserting IVs, and gain the experience required to work in a hospital setting. Students practice on simulated patients, known as “Jakes”.

Helen Glass Centre Simulation lab (Adult)

Simulation labs allow students to develop their critical thinking and skills in a risk-free environment designed to reflect real-life settings and situations. Students work with high-fidelity manikins and engage in role playing and evaluation with instructors.

Helen Glass Centre Simulation lab (Pediatric)

Simulation labs allow students to develop their critical thinking and skills in a risk-free environment designed to reflect real-life settings and situations. Students work with high-fidelity manikins and engage in role playing and evaluation with instructors.

Helen Glass Centre Simulation lab (Maternity)

Simulation labs allow students to develop their critical thinking and skills in a risk-free environment designed to reflect real-life settings and situations. Students work with high-fidelity manikins and engage in role playing and evaluation with instructors.

Exterior perspective of the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, a three storey brick and glass building with wheelchair ramp and several trees around the front entrance.
Two students in scrubs and an instructor in a hospital room standing over a mannequin wearing a baseball cap in a hospital bed.
Two students wearing scrubs in a hospital room. The student on the left prepares a needle for IV injection, while the student on the right checks the heartbeat of a mannequin with a stethoscope.
Students wearing scrubs in a hospital room work on a mannequin wearing a hospital gown in a hospital bed.
Four students wearing scrubs and a lab coat stand over two hospital beds with test patients.
Two students in a hospital room working on an infant mannequin.
Four people sitting around a circular table in a small room taking notes while an instructor wearing a hijab stands pointing at a white board.
Two students wearing scrubs in a hospital room perform a procedure on a mannequin in a hospital bed with its abdomen exposed.
A woman in scrubs stands at a counter inserting an IV into a plastic arm.
A student checks the heartbeat of an infant mannequin lying on the chest of an adult mannequin in a hospital bed.