Between Nurse.com and PBS, we found some interesting factoids on blood transfusion. Of course, the Nurse.com factoids came from Susan Baimbridge, RN, CCRN-CSC, ADCNS-BD. She’s from St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, and recently spoke about blood conservation during cardiac surgery.
Stress is a tough reality for nurses and nursing students. Serving as a reminder that nursing can be rewarding and difficult, a recent article on Nurse.com, “War On The Mind, Part 1: Nurses Deployed To Iraq And Afghanistan Struggle With PTSD” (link: http://news.nurse.com/article/20101004/NATIONAL02/109270040/-1/frontpage) discusses the affects of stress on U.S. nurses during and after war.
Nursing Skills Week included Disaster Preparedness Exercises. One of the missions of Orange County is to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of the public through advanced registration, organization and training of volunteer health professionals. Our nursing students went through multiple demonstrations along side active volunteer health professionals. Stanbridge College nursing students were given […]
Stanbridge College students volunteered at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, preparing and serving a warm meal to homeless people in Orange County. The meal, made fresh every day, is nutritious and tasty including vegetable soup, lettuce and fruit salads, hearty and filling side dishes, breads and muffins, desert, milk and water. Stanbridge College volunteers prepared and […]
Stanbridge College students, faculty and staff volunteered with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in South Orange County for an underprivileged family. They helped with light construction, painting and debris cleanup. The Stanbridge College volunteers worked along side other Orange County community volunteers and the future homeowners that were extremely appreciative. Continue to REACH […]
Stanbridge nursing students participated in Orange County’s Free Clinics in the spring and fall of 2010. At the event, volunteers were able to bring their classroom skills to the public by administering free flu shots. Students learned how to work with patients, prepare and administer flu shots and take care of patient administration forms.
In some Third World countries poverty-stricken amputees known as “crawlers” slowly transport themselves by crawling on the ground each day. Their quality of life is literally reduced to what they can do on partial limbs to get from place to place. Compassionate students and staff at Stanbridge College worked with Free Wheelchair Mission to donate […]
Stanbridge College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. “Congratulations to Stanbridge College and its students for their dedication to service and commitment to improving their local communities,” said Patrick […]
Stanbridge College is pleased to announce that it has received the 2008 – 2009 ACCSC School of Excellence Award from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The award is presented every five years during a school’s reaccreditation cycle. “We are very pleased to be honored with the School of Excellence Award from […]
The lives of many children hang in the balance each day around the world, especially in Africa’s poverty-stricken and war-ravaged countries. Without sponsorships through programs like World Vision, such children would be left without clean water, nutritious food and education. Multiple children in Malawi, Africa are sponsored by Stanbridge College with the assistance of World […]