Nightingale Endowment (PSU School of Nursing Simulation Hospital)

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The Nightingale Endowment supports the Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing Simulation Hospital at Pittsburg State University by providing funds to support the purchase and maintenance of state-of-the-art technology needed to provide nursing students with a quality training experience.

Generous gifts from Rita J. Bicknell's estate, the members of the Rita J. Bicknell Women's Health Fund at the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, and community members were used to establish the Nightingale Endowment in 2021.

About the Rita J. Bicknell Women's Health Fund

Working together, empowering each other, and learning are the key strategies for the members of the Women’s Health Fund. We are stronger together than as individuals when giving and learning together to accomplish our mission.

We have been a part of the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas since 2007. Our Women’s Giving Circle endowed fund allows us to have money in perpetuity to financially support nonprofit programs that benefit women and girls. Our Circle of Friends Giving Circle non-endowed fund allows us to welcome all women to be philanthropists by investing immediately in nonprofit programs to help women and girls. To date, we have given over 100 grants totaling more than $350,000 to nonprofits that pursue our mission.

Learn more about joining the Women's Health Fund.

About the Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing Simulation Hospital at Pittsburg State University

The Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing Simulation Hospital at Pittsburg State University is a state-of-the-art facility that provides nursing students with a realistic setting to learn and master their skills. The project includes a 10,000-square foot addition to McPherson Hall and renovations of approximately 14,000 existing square feet. The building includes simulated hospital rooms, associated control and preparation rooms, debriefing rooms, a waiting area, and a nurse’s station.

Learn more about the Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing Simulation Hospital at Pittsburg State University.