2008 Woodie Awards
New program for registered nurses
by Matthew Jackson
Issue date: 1/28/08 Section: News
Working registered nurses can turn to Piedmont College to move up in their career.
Piedmont College's Daniel School of Nursing now offers a RN-to-BSN program at both the Demorest and Athens campuses. This program is designed for nontraditional students who are seeking flexible study hours. It is geared more to the leadership and management aspects of nursing.
"The program has not had any students in the past seven years due to the fact that the program was not user friendly," says Dr. Linda Scott, Dean of the Dchool of Nursing. "Now most the courses are on CD-ROMs to help working nurses be able to study at more convenient times."
Students that are enrolled meet three times during the evening each semester.
"We don't want to take away from the personal touch of Piedmont," says Scott.
"We take our program very seriously and strive to be a top-notch nursing school," says Angela Butler, assistant professor of nursing. Students must complete 21 to 22 class credit hours, with a minimum of 25 nursing credits from a previous institution.
Students learn using a simulated patient lab that enables them to be interactive. The lab is designed like those in hospitals today.
"We are striving to be able to give back to the community by one day offering our facility as a back-up for hospital overflow," says Butler.
"It is very difficult to get used to the chaotic environment of emergency rooms," says Butler. Working with a simulated patient, SimMan, students are able to experience real life emergencies without the risk of losing a real patient. The simulated lab and SimMan are new technologies used to improve nursing education.
For more information on how to get involved in this or any program offered at the Daniel School of Nursing contact Scott at (706) 776-0116 or e-mail lscott@piedmont.edu. Students are accepted any semester. The only prerequisite for any registered nurse is an unencumbered Georgia nursing license.
"This is the best program to get involved in," says Scott, "if you are interested in taking the leap from technical to professional nursing."
Piedmont College's Daniel School of Nursing now offers a RN-to-BSN program at both the Demorest and Athens campuses. This program is designed for nontraditional students who are seeking flexible study hours. It is geared more to the leadership and management aspects of nursing.
"The program has not had any students in the past seven years due to the fact that the program was not user friendly," says Dr. Linda Scott, Dean of the Dchool of Nursing. "Now most the courses are on CD-ROMs to help working nurses be able to study at more convenient times."
Students that are enrolled meet three times during the evening each semester.
"We don't want to take away from the personal touch of Piedmont," says Scott.
"We take our program very seriously and strive to be a top-notch nursing school," says Angela Butler, assistant professor of nursing. Students must complete 21 to 22 class credit hours, with a minimum of 25 nursing credits from a previous institution.
Students learn using a simulated patient lab that enables them to be interactive. The lab is designed like those in hospitals today.
"We are striving to be able to give back to the community by one day offering our facility as a back-up for hospital overflow," says Butler.
"It is very difficult to get used to the chaotic environment of emergency rooms," says Butler. Working with a simulated patient, SimMan, students are able to experience real life emergencies without the risk of losing a real patient. The simulated lab and SimMan are new technologies used to improve nursing education.
For more information on how to get involved in this or any program offered at the Daniel School of Nursing contact Scott at (706) 776-0116 or e-mail lscott@piedmont.edu. Students are accepted any semester. The only prerequisite for any registered nurse is an unencumbered Georgia nursing license.
"This is the best program to get involved in," says Scott, "if you are interested in taking the leap from technical to professional nursing."
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