School of Nursing and Human Services Overview

As Vice President of Instruction, I welcome those of you who are interested in the career opportunities we offer here at Southwestern Michigan College. As the first designated “Center of Excellence” at Southwestern Michigan College, it is our duty, to maintain the high standard that has become synonymous with the Southwestern Michigan College School of Nursing and Human Services.

Our students can now experience a clinical scenario to the fullest potential right here in our classrooms. It's important to allow students to have access to quality programming with in the healthcare field. It’s the quality that is of utmost importance because it could be you, your baby or your mother that needs the care. We always strive for quality.

SMC students receive real life medical training thanks to the SimMan® mannequin and an ambulance – all located right in the classroom. Both are instrumental in providing SMC’s healthcare students real-world training while still in the classroom.

SimMan breathes, talks, groans, can have an adverse reaction to medication and even go into cardiac arrest. The SMC nursing staff is trained to use the special software which runs SimMan. This software allows each faculty member to create and execute their own real-life situations appropriate to what they are teaching at the time. SimMan®’s lifelike features make it easier for the students to think they are working on a real patient, instead of simulated robot.

SMC students studying to become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or paramedics will have the real life experience of working within the confines of an ambulance thanks to a donation from Life Care Ambulance Service. SMC may be the first college in the area that has an ambulance on site to use as a training tool. The ambulance is used in SMC’s Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic programs.

At this site, you will find information on the variety of programs offered, information regarding job opportunities in those careers, and information on the full time nursing faculty that are the core of the nursing program! Please take the time to review these areas.

I welcome questions regarding any of the programs we offer.

Dr. David Fleming
Vice President of Instruction