The month of February ended in a big way for the seniors in Lindsey Wilson College’s nursing program.
The seniors concluded their “Leadership in Nursing” course with a presentation of a half-dozen student-designed projects aimed at improving the delivery of healthcare in the region, then they visited with prospective employers and a graduate school about taking the next step in their careers.
The six quality-improvement projects presented on Friday morning in the college’s Dr. Robert and Carol Goodin Nursing & Counseling Center were designed over two semesters to aid partners T.J. Regional Health and Taylor Regional Hospital. In the fall, the nursing seniors developed the projects in their research class, based on suggestions from the community partners, then implemented and evaluated their ideas in their eight-week leadership course this spring.
Topics explored by the nursing seniors’ research projects included ways to reduce the wait time in an emergency room, reducing the risk of falls and health communication.
“It was amazing to hear what our nursing seniors have done with these projects,” said Lindsey Wilson Assistant Nursing Program Coordinator Dr. Angie Johnson. “They had great conversations with our community partners about these projects. The quality of these projects are similar to what you come across in journals.”
The day also included a job and graduate school fair in the Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center, sponsored by the Lindsey Wilson Career Services Office, and then a lunch meeting for members of the Lindsey Wilson Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing Student Council and Community of Interest group in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.
