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
Daniel Hale Williams, Frederick Douglass Patterson, Dorothy Lavinia Brown, and Ernest Everett Just are among those African American History Month heroes honored at a Tarpon Springs Campus display celebrating African American history in February.
Join us at St. Petersburg College’s health science careers exploration workshop on Feb. 15 and learn more about high-wage careers that help others.
BSN Community Practicum students spent time at the SPC Discovery Day: Creating a Community of Care event to assist with health screenings of SPC employees. Several weeks later, BSN faculty spent time at the St. Petersburg Clinic and helped sort food and assemble food bags for the elderly. The RN-BSN program believes helping in our … Continue reading RN-BSN faculty and students spend time helping the community!
Dr. Joni Melville’s level 3 clinical group toured Lifline Pediatric Transport Team of John Hopkins Children’s Center in St. Petersburg. The Pediatric Team is a service of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.The team is staffed by pediatric critical care nurses and physicians who accompany the Lifeline staff on pediatric calls by ground ambulance, helicopter, and fixed wing aircraft. … Continue reading Lifeline Pediatric Team Transport
Dr. Joni Melville’s Level 3 clinical group visited the Ronald McDonald house in St. Petersburg to provide lunch and visit with the residents. Ronald McDonald House of St. Petersburg is a “home-away-from-home” and serves 2,000 pediatric families annually. The supportive environment at House, offers through dedicated volunteers, staff and other residents, provides comfort and care to … Continue reading Ronald McDonald House visit
Level 3 Nursing students were invited into Pinellas and Hillsborough County schools for an hour, a few class periods or an entire school day to share information with students about their future careers in nursing. The nursing students organized an activity, taught a class and spoke about their future nursing careers.
The BSN program is considering changes to the curriculum. Students were asked what topics they would like included in the program content. Overwhelmingly, nurses are concerned about the opioid epidemic. Some of these topics will be included in course content in the near future, and in course design as changes to the curriculum are … Continue reading BSN Students want to know more about the opioid epidemic
The Quality Enhancement Committee kicked off SPC’s Ready, Set, Succeed! Spirit Week on October 2nd. The main goal of Spirit Week is to inform our SPC community about SPC’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Ready, Set, Succeed! Each day of Spirit Week has a theme based on the student learning outcomes of Ready, Set, Succeed! Motivation … Continue reading Ready, Set, Succeed! Spirit Week
Through a variety of activities, the successful two-day event, sponsored by AETNA, provided students the opportunity to learn about healthcare careers and programs offered at SPC.