Healthcare Connections, a career exploration event, was held at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» April 19-20. The event was a collaboration between Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership, ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital, UNC Health Nash, and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Approximately 200 students from the Twin Counties learned about healthcare careers from healthcare professionals. Shown is Ivelisse Ruiz, RN, MSN, CNOR, nurse […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and Pitt Community College recently signed an agreement that guarantees admission to two Pitt students into Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Surgical Technology program each year. The joint program will begin this fall. Students will complete prerequisite courses at Pitt and transfer into the program at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Pitt does not have a program in surgical technology. […]
Seniors in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Medical Assisting program and Julie Walker, instructor and clinical coordinator, hosted CITI High School students on March 31. The high school students toured the Lamm Building, which houses the college’s health sciences programs, and participated in demonstrations presented by the Medical Assisting students. The Medical Assisting degree is a five-semester […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Nursing (red scrubs) and Respiratory Therapy (turquoise scrubs) students recently collaborated in an emergency simulation to save a simulated patient’s life. During the realistic training scenario, students assessed the patient, performed CPR, intubated the patient, and worked together to stabilize the patient. By relying on patient simulation and a team approach in […]
Loretta Langley, nursing instructor at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», encourages second-year nursing students enrolled in Complex Health Concepts during the first day of class on January 6 by sharing the date of their pinning ceremony, which signifies program completion. Virtual Health Sciences Information Sessions are scheduled in February and March for prospective students who are interested […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Surgical Technology students completed the Surgical Technology degree program in December and gathered for their pinning ceremony. From left are Cassidy Ingram, Sandra Rivera, Tasha Vaughn, and Jeannette McDaniel. All of the graduates have passed the National Board for Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants Certification Exam and are working as surgical technologists […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and East Carolina University have partnered to provide Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» nursing students with options to accelerate the completion of a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Through the Eastern North Carolina Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN) program, students complete the associate degree in nursing at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the bachelor’s degree in nursing at ECU. Students […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Associate Degree Nursing students held a Health Literacy Fair on the Tarboro campus recently, providing health information to the public and showcasing their poster presentations. The fair was held to educate the community about common health issues facing Edgecombe and Nash counties. Shown from left are Nursing students Kristina Garcia-Segura and Wanda […]
For the eleventh year in a row, recent graduates of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Practical Nursing program achieved perfection on the national licensure exam. August 2022 graduates achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN). The NCLEX-PN is required for practice as a licensed practical nurse and is […]
Quintin Whitehead is excelling in a career he didn’t know existed a decade ago. A sales associate and surgical technologist with Zimmer Biomet, a medical device company headquartered in Indiana, Whitehead has a unique perspective in the operating room. He knows surgical instruments, and he understands the devices he sells and how to best implant […]
