Need for nurses spawns building

Feldstien reports a $40 million building will be constructed to meet the increasing need for nurses in the United States. The construction of the new Barnes-Jewish hospital in St. Louis will assist the school in becoming one of the top ten nursing schools in the United States. It replaces one constructed more than 75 years ago. It will include simulated operating rooms and patient rooms as well as wireless Internet access and video conferencing. "It's really getting us to the 21st century of technology," said Coreen Vlodarchyk, vice president of patient care services and interim dean of the college. "Right now our labs are old and tired and not where we want them to be."