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The Love of a Nurse to a Patient is Universal Ready for adventure after her two children left for college, Anita Rich became a volunteer with the Children’s Heart Project. The medical mission appealed to the 37-year nursing veteran and cardiac specialist and soon Rich, as a nurse transporter, accompanied children who needed life-saving heart repair surgery...
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New Lewis College Grant Brings Health Literacy to the Nursing Sim Lab An interdisciplinary team in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions and the College of Education & Human Development received a Lewis College grant to develop and implement the health literacy communication program “Teach-Back” for nursing students to practice in clinical simulation. Health literacy, which impacts America’s well-being, means that patients can understand, interpret and adequately use healthcare information they receive from various healthcare professionals means that patients can understand, interpret and appropriately use healthcare information they receive from multiple healthcare professionals.
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OT Degree Program Now Fully Accredited The Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions received full five-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) for the Master of Occupational Therapy (O.T./M.) degree. Due to achieving accredited status, graduates of the program, starting with the first graduating class in December, are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist.
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Panther Profile: Sean Jung, Aspiring Food Entrepreneur Sean Jung, a senior nutrition major, brings nutrition, wrestling, research and business together.
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Georgia State Rises To No. 2 In Nation In U.S. News Innovation, Commitment To Teaching Rankings Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.
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PT Study Abroad — New Country, New Experiences When civil unrest in Nicaragua interrupted a fourth planned Doctor of Physical Therapy study abroad trip, students and faculty traveled to the north coast of the Dominican Republic (D.R.) instead. Comunidad Connect, an in-country partner from Nicaragua, made the last-minute switch possible. Settled in the new country, PT students absorbed the unique tropical setting, working with patients and staff in a rural nursing home.
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