Taylor Griffin began life in the NICU at Mease Dunedin Hospital on Thanksgiving Day in 1993. Nurse Angie Margetto never forgot Thanksgiving day that year because she was called into work to help deliver a set of pre-mature twins dubbed the “Turkey Twins”. She still has a photo of her with those babies but never … Continue reading Thanksgiving baby, now a student, reconnects with nurse 25 years later →

Eileen Hicks Professor Emeritus of St. Petersburg College shared her life experiences as a Midwife in Africa and in the United states with Level 2 Nursing students from Dr. Clem, Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Pennock and Mr. Schwalbs class. Professor Hicks presented a power point presentation on Labor and Delivery and Dystocia. She brought props to share … Continue reading Maternal/ Newborn Guest Lecture for level 2 nursing →

Every 3 minutes, one person is diagnosed with a blood cancer and every 10 minutes, someone dies from a blood cancer.  The “Be the Match” registry is the connection between patients searching for a cure and life saving stem cells.   On Monday, March 12, Marc Silver was in the HEC lobby with the SNA … Continue reading Be the Match Event →

BSN Summer Courses – Register Now! All BSN courses are offered Modmester 2 NUR 3066 Health Assessment NUR 3826 Legal Ethical Aspects of Nursing NUR 3655 Nursing in a Multicultural Society NUR 4606 Nursing of the Family Only elective: NSP 3276  ECG – online only Registration starts Monday, March 19, 2018 Contact your BSN adviser … Continue reading BSN Summer Courses – Register Now →

On February 14th Dr. Clem and Mrs. Castillo’s Clinical Nursing Students visited MOSI in Tampa. The students attended the Investigative Health workshop. Through hands-on stations, such as suturing, tools of the trade, and engineering, expose students to important health topics and examine the heart, trachea and lungs of a mammal through dissection. Investigate how the heart … Continue reading Investigative Health at MOSI in Tampa →

On February 1st Mrs. Castillo’s Level 2 Clinical group was invited to attend Career Day at the Cathedral of St. Jude Middle School in St. Petersburg. The level 2 nursing students spoke about the nursing program and about their futures in Nursing to approximately 50 middle school students during three sessions. The Nursing students demonstrated one … Continue reading Career Day →

Community Theory nursing students took part in a health information fair at HEC on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Many attendees were able to learn about health promotion and illness prevention addressing skin cancer, strokes, heart disease, flu prevention and other issues. A similar fair will be presented at other SPC campuses over the next month. … Continue reading BSN Heath Information Fair →