This past summer, Mid-Carolina AHEC partnered with Midlands
Technical College (MTC) to offer Adventures
in Nursing: Discover How It Starts to Mid-Carolina AHEC Health Careers
Academy students. MTC Nursing Instructor Shirley Bannister, MSN, RN, CWCN, provided
opportunities for students to rotate between sessions on blood pressure and wound
care and the simulation lab.
The students learned to take blood pressure using a simulation
mannequin known as SimMan 3G in the MTC Simulation Center. Each student was
taught how to apply the blood pressure cuff, listen for the Korotkoff sounds
using a stethoscope and obtain the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The
students attended a mini-lecture on the four stages of pressure wounds. Then they
were given the opportunity to stage and dress pressure wounds in the lab. The
students demonstrated how to remove soiled gloves that were contaminated with
various germs.
Mid-Carolina AHEC would like to extend a huge thank you to
Midlands Technical College Department of Nursing and Shirley Bannister for
providing this opportunity to the Health Careers Academy students.
To find out more about the Mid-Carolina Health Careers Academy,
contact Mid-Carolina AHEC HCP Coordinator Erica Davis at ericadavis@comporium.net.
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