Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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faculty and tors into con- in contact by fehouse, the vans in case were a few r1 said he had e who didnhl The students using strategy I, freshman, ,m dirty and c Oing it again. on their in' n, freshman, perience. PVC ds before, and m my face to hills, ditches Leslie Menee- r group madC Without get those th fehouse. LOr1 id, hWe dorlyi e got here H x PRECAUTION against losing peow WC students were required to sign 2 13,1, Michelle Terpkosh, Melinda Stephenson and Patsy Kincaid, freshmen, Slgn up at the outside table before taking off for the safehouse. A GRIM GUARD, Frank Yeckl, junior, watches for groups of runners. Up- perclassmen in the military science pro- gram and members of Spartans served as captors for the escape and evasion ex- ercise. wmvuwwmnuw - u . - - Carol Sights, junior, 8.8. in Biology hI don7t think anything could be bet- ter. I feel like Itve grown up a lot through the program. The com- radeship is very Close. I Wish I could repeat it all. It was the best thing thatts ever happen- ed to me?

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Homer Ledbet- ter, Head, Divi- sion of Military Science IiOne of the things thatis important to us is trying to find things the student has never done before. What we want the students to do is challenge themselves. Theytve built some con- fidence in themselves, and I think thatis impor- tant to them individually. We do em- phasize cer- tain military things, but we try to present it in such a manner that its very en- joyable, and its very fun. It is a good program, even if the student doesnit want to go on and get a commis- sion. Its a fun thing to dofi Military hid eDeborah Davis til saw this lady. She was in white. I didrft see her gun at first, and we got caughtf Randy Sanders, freshman, said. ItWe heard a bunch of girls scream and we hit the ground about that time? Kathy Kraemer, freshman, said. The runners, dressed in dark clothes, camouflage smeared 'on their faces, dodged trees, avoiding the patrollers. Spotlights flashed through the woods, and vans patrolled the area. Capt. David Mohnsen, in charge of the capture operation, said, bus a big kids hide and seek. We use spotlights to give them the escape feelingfi Escape and evasion, fast becom- ing a tradition, is a student involve- ment activity offered in M8100. Students in the course are required to earn 100 extra points; escape and evasion provides 25 of them. Mohnsen, assistant professor of military science, said the exercise was intended to help students develop confidence and work together as a team. iiWe push a team 12 8Escape and evasion conceptf Mohnsen said. Teams of four, 168 students, started at a designated spot in Thou- sand Hills State Park, Point A, and tried to make it to the safehouse, Point B, without being caught. About 20 members of Spartans took the role of guards and patrollers. If the runners were caught, guards took them to a POW camp. There the guards had their prisoners do jumping jacks or play leap frog. Then at some point they gave the prisoners a chance to escape, uSometimes prisoners are hard to get rid of, ,, Mohnsen said. Carol Sights, junior, who was a patroller, said, iiLast time we had a group get caught eight times? Matt Wood, freshman, said, iIWe did jumping jacks. I think they final- ly got bored with us. They woulant even let us go to the bathroom alone? Beth Adams, freshman, said, IiWe surrendered after one girl hurt her ankle. She tripped over a barbed wire while trying to run from a patroller, and we couldnit carry her thrOugh the whole coursef, Adams said she got a twig in her eye, but pulled it out and continued on. before t e and seek Mohnsen said the faculty :1 guards took safety factors into co sideration. iiWe keep in contact . the radios in the safehouse, t POW camp and the vans in Cu someone gets lost. i, , Even though there were a fe minor injuries Mohnsen said he h never heard of anyone who did enjoy the activity. The studen planned their moves, using strate to reach the safehouse. Mashona Lackland, freshma said, Even though Fm dirty an tired I wouldnit mind doing it agai I felt we played on their i telligence? Lei Lani Washington, freshma said, iiIt was a fun experience. I, never been in the woods before, an I have a lot of welts on my face It ,s proveitf, ' i iiWe went through hills, ditchei , and everything else, Leslie Menec'f 3 1y, freshman, said. Her group madq it through the course without get: ' ting caught. Then there were those who stumbled on to the safehouse. Lori Shumate, freshman, said, iiWe donil know how, but we got here somehow. o ECHO

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Grace Devitt, Head, Division of Nursing ilThe reason we need Clinicals is to give the stu- dent a Chance to test out the theory. Its one thing to learn it; its another to ap- ply it. I think they perform very well, but in their eyes they don,t feel that way. Itls difficult for them to feel that theylre as good as they are. The ob- jectives are demanding ones, and the students meet them to a high level of our satisfaction. We constantly try to improve the planning. With faculty experience improving every year, we feel welve improved the experience, and the facul- ty have more time to evaluate? Tryin their patIents -Karen Shye In the realms of higher learning, experience has still proven itself to be the best teacher. This is evident especially in the nursing program; upperclassmen are required to par- ticipate in Clinicals, practical ex- perience in area hospitals. The students spend rOughly 10-12 hours a week in Clinicals and are divided into groups that cover health care institutions in the Kirksville area including Grim-Smith and Kirksville Osteopathic Health Center hospitals. In these in- stitutions they are given hands-on experience in dealing with the physical and psychological needs of the patients. Sharon McGahan, assistant pro- fessor of nursing and curriculum coordinator for the Division of Nurs- ing, said the purpose of the clinical rotation is to teach students to deal with any type of Client; infants, children, adults and the elderly. After graduation the students, hav- ing been trained in each of these areas, can choose the one that best suits them. Students spend about six weeks in one institution and rotate to another in order to gain experience in all the concepts necessary in total health care. In addition to Clinicals, students attend class lectures and work in the Independent Learning Center. Juniors on rotation are usually assigned a new patient each week. As seniors, liWe can choose our clients if their diagnosis would help me to learn something newfl Elaine Kausch, senior, said. Junior Candy Pettinger said she is assigned one patient every two days '5 ONursing clinicals PAPERWORK T0 FINISH, Valerie Winkclhake, junior, checks her list of duties at the nursing station. Students are graded on written reports, perfor- mance on rotation, and meeting faCulty objectives. at Laughlin Hospital. She discusses care plans, sets up medication cards, determines a priority list and sets personal goals in addition to caring for the patients basic needs. illf they need a bath, we give em one. If they need to be fed, we feed lem. Whatever the patient cant do for themselves, we do, Kausch said. ilWe do procedures, starting IVs, Change dressings, administer medication? Senior Ray Hughes said he is gain- ing experience in team leading, which is being in Charge of all aids and orderlies under him in addition to a certain number of patients. Also he said another important function is to make assessments on all pa- tients assigned which is basically Checking the patient out thoroughly, through measuring blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, etc. When asked what was the most difficult thing involving Clinicals Pettinger said, liltis getting used to how the system and the people work. Ive never worked in a hospital before, and that makes things kind of hard to get used to? liltis getting used to the paperwork. Therels a lot ofitf Hughes said. Kausch said working with the physicians and nursing staff ushooting the bull with them, helps her to be comfortable at the hospital. Lisa Hays, registered nurse at Grim-Smith Hospital and 1979 graduate, works closely with students doing clinicals there. She A TANK FULL of oxygen gets checked . Liz Chronister, junior. Clinical rotatio during their junior and senior y- teach students to deal with clients, si tions and equipment they will encount later. said they are given the experience handling many situations and , given some authority to learn : make decisions. She said, tlUsua theyire really good, eager a observant. Theyire good at rep. ting things sometimes missed by t: regular staf When asked about her clinical e periences as an undergraduate Ha said, llThey really opened up i eyes to a lot of things. They a definitely a good experience. , The need for health care toda cannot be overly stressed. With thi growing number of hospitals ant the advances in medicine ant science, nurses must be properly trained in these areas, Grace Devitt head of the Division of Nursing said. liWe do our best to prepare 0111' students for the outside world. McGahan said the students art taught to deal with themselves ant the patients through Clinicals. Pre- and post-conferences are held at tht beginning and end of each period spent at the institutions so student can discuss the events of the day. examine what could have been dont. differently, and evaluate what W25 learned. Students are graded by their clinical instructor on written reports, performance on rotation. and meeting the objectives set by the nursing faculty. McGahan said, llWe are pleased with the performance of our students and their overall abilitiesfl Pettinger said, ill enjoy Clinicals.1 can see that Ilm helping, but I wanl to help more? oECl-KD