Goldfarb School of Nursing - Virtual Tour
Welcome!
With a legacy beginning in 1902, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College has a strong tradition of educating health care professionals in St. Louis.
During this virtual tour, you will have a chance to view Goldfarb’s Duncan Campus Site and West Campus Site. You will tour our educational facilities that houses classrooms, lecture halls and sophisticated Clinical Simulation Institute labs with patient simulation mannequins and exam rooms that provide high-tech, advanced nursing care experiences. To schedule an in-person tour, contact our Admissions Office or apply today to start your nursing career.
Goldfarb Hall
Welcome to Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College! Built in 2007, Goldfarb Hall is located on our Duncan Campus Site on the Washington University Medical Campus. Our building is a five-story, 105,500-square-foot building that includes 200-seat auditoriums, 60-seat classrooms, seminar rooms, study areas, a student lounge, commons area and outdoor patios.
Goldfarb Hall is also home to the Clinical Simulation Institute, which features six simulation labs that cover 10,500 square feet of learning space.
The Commons
Bright and airy, the commons area is the central hub where many students study, eat and socialize. Enjoy lunch in the commons, or head for the outdoor patio to enjoy the green space. The commons is also a launching point for campus events and student activities. Just down the hall is the library, two computer labs and student lounge with a kitchen.
In the Classroom
This is where it all starts. In the classrooms, students learn concepts and theories that will become the basis of their nursing practice. Our students benefit from our faculty’s collective experiences as practitioners, administrators, educators, researchers and consultants in every specialty from acute care to community health.
Health Assessment Lab
We know that deliberate practice is the key to improving nursing skills. That’s why we integrate simulation into the nursing curriculum.
Medical/Surgical Lab
We make everything as realistic as possible. Our simulation labs have more than 32 patient simulators, all programmed to display signs such as heartbeat, breathing, pulse and blood pressure, and many more. We’ve also given them different hairstyles, ethnicities, and other physical features. Each “patient” has a name, medical history, dietary restrictions, as well as a religious and cultural background.
Our dedicated simulation staff works with faculty to develop scenarios that challenge our students to use their critical thinking skills.
Operating Room Lab
The simulated OR is made to resemble a real operating room. The mannequin lying on the OR table simulates a real person who actually talks, blinks and breathes. He can be “given anesthesia for his surgery”. The OR has an anesthesia machine that can be connected to the patient, an anesthesia cart, operating room table, overhead lights, suction canisters and surgical instruments just like a real operating room.
Simulation Theater
All of our simulation labs have cameras that remotely feed into a control room, where faculty and simulation staff control the overall movement, sound and behavior of the simulators. In this simulation theater, there is a two-way mirror separating the control room from the lab. Here, students insert an IV line as their classmates observe and take notes.
Through simulation, students learn not only how to assess and treat patients, they also learn how to handle family members, use therapeutic communication, and handle patient safety and quality of care issues.
Control Room
Faculty and simulation staff work together to develop and execute scenarios that challenge students to use all of their patient care and critical thinking skills.
Student Services Suite
The fourth floor is a one-stop shop for every student. Student-related services are available here – admissions, financial aid, registration, academic advising, student services and the business office.
Our student support services department offers comprehensive services to support our students’ success in their nursing program. These services include academic coaching, peer-tutoring, peer-led group study sessions, career services, writing services, counseling referrals, among others.
Washington University Medical Campus
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College sits on the Washington University Medical Campus. As an academic health center, the campus includes Goldfarb and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine. All located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the adult teaching hospital of Washington University School of Medicine. Many of our undergraduate and graduate students conduct their clinical rotations here.Central West End
Central West End features an exciting mix of St. Louis’ best dining, entertainment, shopping and nightlife. Nearby, Forest Park has lakes and woods, and attractions including the Saint Louis Zoo and the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Washington University School of Medicine
Thanks to a partnership with Washington University School of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, our nurse anesthesia and acute care nurse practitioner students conduct their clinicals at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where they see the most acute and complex of cases. Undergraduate students also have the opportunity to work directly with students at WUSM in various interprofessional curricular activites.
St. Louis Childrens Hospital
St. Louis Childrens Hospital is the pediatric teaching hospital of Washington University School of Medicine. Many of our undergraduate and graduate students conduct their clinical rotations here.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Goldfarb and the St. Louis College of Pharmacy sponsor joint workshops, events, interprofessional curricular activities and share campus resources including the study space, the cafeteria and fitness center.
West Campus Exterior
With a second site at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Goldfarb’s West Campus Site was completed in 2012 and features seven classrooms and four simulation labs that mirror the latest technology found in Goldfarb Hall.
Commons (West Campus Site)
The commons area is the central hub where many students study, eat and socialize.
Classroom (West Campus Site)
In the classrooms, students learn concepts and theories that will become the basis of their nursing practice. Our students benefit from our faculty’s collective experiences as practitioners, administrators, educators, researchers and consultants in every specialty from acute care to community health.
Simulation Lab (West Campus Site)
Our simulation labs have patient simulators that can display signs such as heartbeat, breathing, pulse and blood pressure, and many more. We also give them different hairstyles, ethnicities and other physical features. Each “patient” has a name, medical history, dietary restrictions, as well as a religious and cultural background.
Our dedicated simulation staff works with faculty to develop scenarios that challenge our students to use their critical thinking skills.
