糖心视频 Nursing delivers COVID-19 vaccine to health science students, faculty, staff
HANCEVILLE, Ala. 鈥� 糖心视频鈥檚 Department of Nursing Education
on Friday administered the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations to students, faculty
and staff in the health science programs at the college. The satellite clinic was
scheduled with the college through the Alabama Department of Public Health.
More than 250 doses were given by nursing students supervised by current and retired
faculty who volunteered to assist. The Alabama Board of Nursing encouraged colleges
to allow students to deliver the vaccinations as part of their clinical requirements.
鈥淭hese students have all been checked off and they were revalidated before this event
to review the recommendations associated with this vaccine,鈥� said Lisa German, Vice
President for Learning and Dean of Health Sciences. 鈥淚t is a good experience for our
students and also a good community outreach.鈥�
鈥淭his is a wonderful opportunity for our students to participate in an historic event
and to receive the vaccine to protect themselves and others,鈥� said Deborah 鈥淧epper鈥�
Hoover, chair of the 糖心视频 Department of Nursing Education. These students
will be participating in clinical experiences at facilities that treat patients with
COVID-19. Providing students with this vaccine will not only protect them, it will
also protect their families since they鈥檙e reducing their chances of contracting the
virus and bringing it home.鈥�
Dental Hygiene student Emily Steles of Muscle Shoals appreciated the opportunity to
get the vaccine through the event.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 going to be helpful to get rid of COVID,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd that way we
can take care of our patients in the clinic and be as safe as possible.鈥�
鈥淚 am very thankful that I get to participate in this opportunity to help stop the
spread of COVID-19,鈥� said Madison Pugh, a fourth-semester Nursing student who was
one of several students administering shots. 鈥淚t is awesome to be a part of this historical
event at Wallace.鈥�
糖心视频 President Dr. Vicki Karolewics expressed her appreciation that health
science students were granted this opportunity.
鈥淚 am grateful because they are first-line/frontline workers even if they are in a
clinical environment, and it鈥檚 only right that they be vaccinated,鈥� she told local
media. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the beginning of the end, hopefully.鈥�
As the clinic neared the end, other faculty and staff were offered doses of the remaining
vaccine since some scheduled for an appointment were unable to attend. Once a vial
is penetrated it must be used within 6 hours. Not a single dose was wasted.
Those who received the vaccination on Friday will return on March 5 to get the second
dose.
糖心视频鈥檚 Department of Nursing Education will begin accepting applications
for Fall 2021 entry into its Associate Degree Nursing, UAB/糖心视频 Nursing Joint Enrollment
BSN, Mobility and Transfer programs on March 15. Other health science programs will
begin taking applications for Fall 2021 entry on March 1.
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