Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

A crew deals with a kidney-stone attack in the Bush Campus Center TV lounge, preparing to transport the "patient" to the ATHS radiography lab. An emergency response, as seen from overhead in the ATHS A simulated angina patient, stricken in the dental hygiene clinic, talks with physician assistant and nursing students after transport to the ER. Adam J.

Dental hygiene students made their annual visit Saturday to Williamsport’s Christ Episcopal Church, where they prepared a free dinner for the community.

A scholarship has been created at Pennsylvania College of Technology memorializing Bethany G. Hughes, an August graduate of the college’s radiography program who was killed in an automobile accident in Fairfield Township on Nov. 22. The Bethany Hughes Memorial Radiography Scholarship has been established by the Hughes family: her father, Charles; mother, Kathleen; and sister, Heidi.

Golfer-turned-head-coach Matthew Haile helped his team stay undefeated and capture conference championships. In 2003, he was the conference individual champion – the first since 1982. During Adam Waigand’s tenure, the Wildcats soccer team achieved a 55-14-1 record and a 2004 conference championship. An All-State selection, he helped the defense record 15 shutouts in his last two years.

"Your Class in 60 Seconds" A new video initiative joins the highlights on the Penn College YouTube Channel: "Your Class in 60 Seconds" allows faculty and students to showcase specific courses and provide prospective students with a sense of what they could experience at the college. The first two videos of the series focus on dental radiology lab with Kimberly A.

Shannon D. Synoracki, a Penn College physician assistant student, offers input. Small-group facilitator Barbara J. Natell, director of Penn College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, and Darren Mensch, a student from Wilkes University, listen to another student’s perspective.

Sharon A. Berger A better understanding of food labels awaits attendees of the Spring 2014 Madigan Library Forum, at which Penn College's registered dietician will discuss how to effectively read labels to make healthy choices and fit likable foods into daily meals and snacks. Sharon A. Berger's presentation, "Eating Your Way to Wellness Through Label Reading," will be held from noon-1 p.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center have entered into an agreement that awards up to 12 general education credits to graduates of the LPN program to continue their education.

Hannah E. Hackenburg, of Mill Hall (left) and Callie M. Bush, Tower City, both majoring in dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration, apply preventive sealants. Emily M. Yoder, a dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration student from Catawissa, engages a patient's sibling. Dental hygiene students Brittany R. Hartzler, of Dover (left), and Natalina R.

Jessica A. Long, a student in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s health information technology major, was named a 2013 Merit Scholarship recipient by the American Health Information Management Association Foundation. Long, a sophomore from Shoemakersville, received the foundation’s Undergraduate Merit Scholarship. Jessica A.