Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host two certification exams for the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2014. Exams for those seeking Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist or NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer credentials are scheduled Saturday, April 12. Registration deadline is Feb. 14. Registrations received by Jan. 31 receive a discount.

Jessica L. Bower, simulation laboratory coordinator in nursing education, guides a discussion. Health Sciences students and faculty fill Penn’s Inn with discussion groups.

Thirty nursing students at Pennsylvania College of Technology took the topic of community health literally when they put in time at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The students are enrolled in a course called Community Health Nursing.

Participants receive appropriate T-shirts. Occupational therapy assistant student Gabrielle M. Leister has her face painted by a classmate. Decked for the occasion in glow paint, face paint and general pink splatters are, from left, pre-dental hygiene student Kirsta J. Ruble, pre-applied health studies: radiography student Gina M. Pucillo, and pre-occupational therapy assistant student Rachel E.

Dealers from H.O Penn-CAT engage in table topics with sponsored students from Penn College's diesel technology and on-site power generation majors. Amelia A. Seaton (right) and her Le Jeune Chef colleagues – Joseph M. Trainor, maitre d'hotel, and Susan L. Shannon from the restaurant waitstaff – inspire students in navigating the choppy waters of fine dining. Erin J.

Carol Savoy, a 1973 graduate, recalls trolley tracks and dirt parking lots during her student days. She is president of Savoy Contract Furniture, the company her late husband, John, established. Carol and the late John Savoy. It was the work of health care providers who helped during John’s three-year illness that inspired Carol to establish a scholarship for health sciences students.

All 24 students from the dental hygiene program graduating class of 2013 at Pennsylvania College of Technology passed the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination. The written exam assists state boards in determining the qualifications of those who seek licensure to practice dental hygiene.

Sophomore physical fitness specialist student Cameron P. Foultz uses skin-fold calipers to measure body fat on the upper arm of freshman wrestler Alexander J. Rodichok. Students in Penn College's physical fitness specialist major volunteered two afternoons in College Health Services to provide health assessments for Wildcat wrestlers.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physician assistant program were among participants across the United States celebrating National PA Week, held Oct. 6-12. Physician assistants across the country use National PA Week to increase awareness of both the profession and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Radiography class observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Students in the radiography Class of 2014 showed their support Wednesday for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by dressing in pink.