The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Lincoln and Omaha will host summer camps on June 21-22 for 40 underserved high school students.
The colleges are part of the five UNMC nursing divisions sharing a two-year, $665,266 grant to develop mentorship programs for high school students. The “Nebraska Generation Link to Learn” grant is funded by the U.S. Health Resource Services Administration.
The grant funds ongoing mentorship, scholarship and clinical immersion activities at the five UNMC College of Nursing divisions in Scottsbluff, Norfolk, Lincoln, Kearney and Omaha. It connects high school students to nursing students and registered nurses with ongoing mentoring, shadowing and other activities throughout the school year.
Faculty, staff and students will share information about the nursing profession and the health professions through a variety of presentations, hands-on activities and visits to local hospitals and clinics.
In Omaha, students will learn about infection control, tour the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, and practice donning and doffing personal protective equipment. They also will learn all about lungs and health issues associated with the lungs via a high-tech Anatomage table, a life-size, computerized table that shows all parts of the anatomy including bones, organs and other systems.
In Lincoln, activities will include experiencing some of the high tech tools used to teach students, learn about flight nursing and see a Star Care helicopter land at the Bryan West Campus. Students also will learn how rehabilitation therapy is provided and meet the family of 25-year-old Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient, Sidney Doane, who is recovering from a brain injury following a car accident a year-and-a-half ago. Other visits will include the Lighthouse and Clinic with a Heart, clinics that serve underserved populations.
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