Simulation provides nursing, athletic training students with crisis response experience

TROY nursing and athletic training students worked together last week during a simulated crisis situation.

TROY nursing and athletic training students worked together last week during a simulated crisis situation.

Students from Troy University’s School of Nursing and Athletic Training program took part in a casualty simulation recently to help them become better prepared for crisis situations they could encounter in the field of health care.

The simulation, which took place on the intramural fields, utilized the scenario of a bleacher collapse during a recreational…

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‘Donate Life’ month takes on personal meaning for members of the Troy University family

TROY nursing students join Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, in displaying a

TROY nursing students join Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, in displaying a "Donate Life" flag during Wednesday's organ donor awareness event.

Troy University officials and students paused on Wednesday to commemorate Donate Life Month, a month-long awareness campaign stressing the importance of organ donation.

Students from TROY’s School of Nursing and other disciplines within the University’s College of Health and Human Services shared information about organ donation with passers-by on the University’s main quad to help…

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Gift of Exergen thermometers will aid students in TROY’s School of Nursing

Dr. Shellye Vardaman (center) hands out thermometers donated by the Exergen Corporation to TROY nursing students.

Dr. Shellye Vardaman (center) hands out thermometers donated by the Exergen Corporation to TROY nursing students.

Troy University nursing students will soon benefit from the gift of more than $40,000 worth of Exergen thermometers that will aid them in their studies and laboratory work.

Dr. Shellye Vardaman, Professor in TROY’s School of Nursing who procured the donation, said the School of Nursing received TAT-2000C SmartGlow home thermometers for every current pre-licensure…

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TROY nursing, social work students gain experience at Interprofessional Simulation Day

Interprofessional Simulation Day gives students the chance to experience providing care in a hospital setting.

Interprofessional Simulation Day gives students the chance to experience providing care in a hospital setting.

Nearly 100 Troy University social work and nursing students recently participated in a joint medical Interprofessional Simulation Day alongside other healthcare students from Wallace Community College-Dothan and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan. 

WCCD hosted the event in its Health Sciences Simulation Center on Friday, Feb. 10.

During the day-long event, students from…

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