{"id":111420,"date":"2020-07-29T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//?p=111420"},"modified":"2020-09-30T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T14:03:00","slug":"ucf-nursing-students-complete-on-campus-lab-for-1st-time-since-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//ucf-nursing-students-complete-on-campus-lab-for-1st-time-since-pandemic/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420//","title":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 Nursing Students Complete On-Campus Lab for 1st Time Since Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A select cohort of nursing students has returned to campus to practice critical hands-on skills in campus labs for the first time since 麻豆原创 moved to remote learning in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The training experiences were organized with proper physical distancing, protective gear and cleaning practices to help increase safety precautions for students, faculty and staff./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

Last week, 36 students taking Essentials of Nursing Practice Lab (NUR 3028L) met for a one-day bootcamp where they were split into small groups and could practice skills, such as taking blood pressure, administering medication, tracheal suctioning, indwelling urinary catheterization, and inserting nasogastric tubes. This week, the remaining 36 students taking the same course underwent the same training./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

The experience is especially significant for these students because they are all second-degree earning individuals who are in their first semester studying nursing, meaning this is their first face-to-face lab with their peers and faculty. Some of these students are national scholars of the Helene Fuld Health Trust, which is helping second-degree BSN students change careers to pursue their passion in nursing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cThe virtual learning fully prepared students for this event,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d says organizer Erica Hoyt /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201919EdD, a senior lecturer and certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE). /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cWhile some of these students have previous healthcare experience in their former careers, none of them have had a chance to demonstrate their skills in person yet. This was a valuable learning experience for all and allowed faculty to work directly with the students to ensure they are skilled and competent in these nursing procedures./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

During normal class operations students attend assigned lab sections every week for 2/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u00bd hours. Instead, they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u2019ve been learning virtually for the past eight weeks with an instructor demonstrating skills via Zoom from the simulation lab./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

For the intense eight-hour lab event, a team of nursing faculty members and staff helped out from adjunct faculty members to a department chair and Dean Mary Lou Sole. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cThe students were well-prepared,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d Sole says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cThey were adept with some skills practiced at home, excited to be on campus and ready for action./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cSome nursing competencies and psychomotor skills are nearly impossible to learn virtually; we had a great opportunity and accomplished a lot in these intensives,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d says Sotos Djiovanis /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201915, an adjunct instructor who helped with the bootcamp and is in on track to earn his master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u2019s in nursing degree from 麻豆原创 in December./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cFrom a safety perspective, I felt as though the faculty did a great job ensuring each station was set up appropriately to reduce the risks of any harm./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d – Michael Chandra /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201918, nursing student/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

Prior to the bootcamp, students self-isolated in Florida for two weeks, received education on COVID-19 and PPE. They also received a reminder the night before to self-screen for symptoms and to only attend if they felt healthy and were symptom free. Armored with face masks, face shields, gloves and plenty of hand sanitizer nearby, students worked individually and, when necessary, in pairs with appropriate physical distancing. After students completed each session, they disinfected their areas and supplies to help maintain cleanliness for those that followed them./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cFrom a safety perspective, I felt as though the faculty did a great job ensuring each station was set up appropriately to reduce the risks of any harm,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d says Michael Chandra /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201918, a health sciences graduate. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cIn addition, they were kind enough to provide us with face shields as an extra safety measure./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n

The online portion of the course helped prepare students via readings, videos, practice questions, and even a /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201cBefore Bootcamp/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/u201d module. The module included recorded videos from instructors correctly demonstrating a few of the skills, print outs to minimize books students needed to bring and even a video tour showing the route from the elevator to the bedside./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111420/n