Students learn by historical figures
The freshman practical nursing class at High Tech North has a lot to learn in one year to become qualified and competent nurses.
Part of the curriculum they learn involves the history of health care and the role of key historical figures and the many changes that have taken place as health care has changed over the years.
Recently, some of the students decided to add some “character” to the research they had done as they learned about some historical role models.
Ashley Schlueter took on the persona of Mary Mahoney. Mahoney was an early American nurse who overcame great obstacles to become the first certified African American Nurse. Schlueter told about her life, training, struggles and successes.
Kay Welch put on a suit and muttonchops and became Dr. Joseph Lister for the day. Welch told about what Lister learned about transmission of disease leading to his title as the “Father of Surgical Asepsis.”
Jascha Dolorfino may have had the most fun all day in his role as Lillian Wald, who founded the American Public Health Nursing Program. Dolorfino found the dress to be challenging.
The students researched the life, work and achievements of each of their historical models and then presented what they learned to the rest of the class.
Learning the history and the difficulties that each historical figure met and overcame brought the learning to an exciting level in the classroom through the presentations of the historical characters.