Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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COMBING a patient's beard is a normal part of any nurse's daily routine. Kelly Liles, a nursing major from Garrison, does the things for her patient that he can- not do himself. Nursing and Allied Health For years MSU' s nursing program has combined classroom lec ture with clinical experience to turn out top-quality health-car: personnel. Now, through the efforts of Charles Derrickson, Dean of th College of Applied Sciences and Technology, and others in th program, the Council on Higher Education has approved a pro posal to replace the two-year associate'degree with a four-yea- Bachelor of Science and Nursing program to take effect in the fal of 1986. Currently, the nursing program accepts forty students eac semester. With the new program, many new applicants can be ex pected along with former graduates wishing to obtain a four-yea degree. Derrickson says, iiThe area of Eastern Kentucky needs this Society demands a higher degree. Current requirements to enter the nursing program include . composite score of 17 on the ACT and a B average if enterin from high school, or a 2.5 GPA if applying from college. Training in this program requires intelligence and the ability to perform the technical skills required, explains Janice Brumager assistant professor of nursing. She says nursing is a challengin field that is well respected. Hands-on experience is essential and students in the progra gain it by working in area hospitals a specified number of hours While there, they are each assigned specific patients to care to and get the feel of hospital life.

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Wm H , wmmu . p111. E ,N :u - '-i m .4 -4 SNVIG NEHVN MACHINERY is used daily in the education of students in industrial education. Lanny Hulland from Hazard is a sophomore machine-tool technology major. WORKING TOGETHER often helps students to gain a better understanding of the material to be learned. Seniors Robbie Bowlcamp and Jim Vice, both of Maysuille, are industrial technology majors. NOL'IEA VDIELVd

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RSING students have their internships at St. Claire's Hospital here in rehead. Nursing majors assist patients in various ways and do those things them that they find hard to do. Being a nurse requires patience, under- ding and love. DIATRICS IS ONE area where nursing interns fulfill their requirements. , ses bathe, give medicine to, and virtually mother the youngsters and in- ts when they come in with illnesses. In addition to classroom lectures, different workshops dealing th various aspects of the health-care world are offered to dents and professionals to expand their knowledge on various bjects. One such workshop discussed the spiritual needs of pa- nts and techniques for administering spiritual care, the effects different religious beliefs on care, and materials and resources ailable to the nurse. Though each student has his or her own reason for entering into e health-care field, most agree that one must be genuinely con- rned and interested in people. By TERESA HILL. CONSULTATIONS with other nurses on certain patients' needs often leads to a better understanding and more appropriate measures on the health of an In- dividual. Nurses often consult charts together for better interpretations.