Nursing Articles

Student Nurses' Association collects pet supplies Penn College's Student Nurses' Association held a weeklong donation drive for the Lycoming County SPCA at the close of the Fall 2021 semester, delivering a variety of critically needed items to the Reach Road agency.

Twenty-two Penn College students who enjoy volunteering their time – including members of student organizations and the Wildcat women’s basketball team – gathered with Shannon L. Skaluba, student organization specialist, in CC Commons on Saturday to write heartfelt messages of gratitude in nearly 450 holiday cards for military personnel. The cards were donated by Sarah R.

"If a career in a health care setting is your calling, your path to a thriving career starts right here at Penn College," says dental hygiene student Dacia James, who leads a virtual tour of the School of Nursing & Health Sciences. The Williamsport resident (aided by Ally K. Swartz, a paramedic technician major from Bellefonte, and Alexia O.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has named Wendie L. Snyder, an alumna with 25 years’ experience in a variety of roles in the health care profession, director of College Health Services. Snyder, who began her duties Aug.

A new video on Penn College's YouTube channel acquaints viewers with Pamela W. Baker, who balances an ongoing nursing career with educating the next generation of health care heroes. "It's important to have teachers like Mrs. Baker," said Kathryn M. "Katie" Faust, who graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in nursing.

A sunset gathering in West Virginia will be scheduled in memory of Pamela L. Starcher, Penn College's former director of nursing, who died Saturday, June 26. Hired as a full-time faculty member in August 1998, she assumed the director's position in June 1999 and retired 10 years later.

Penn College's "My Tomorrow" program (June 21-24 and June 28-July 1) opened middle-schoolers' minds to a variety of vocational possibilities through hands-on activities and faculty-led sessions.

Nursing alumna Stephanie Suzadail, whose airborne delivery of emergency care is featured in the spring issue of Penn College Magazine, recently established two aptly named funds in support of Pennsylvania College of Technology students. Stephanie Suzadail (right) recently met in the Center for Career Design with Loni N.

Stephanie Suzadail, '14, aboard a Geisinger Life Flight helicopter From the Spring 2021 Penn College Magazine: Having weathered many challenges herself, Geisinger Life Flight’s Stephanie Suzadail, ’14, loves to provide calm in the center of the storm. Read "A flight nurse's calling."

Consistent with previous years, Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing graduates exceeded state and national pass rates on national board examinations – including a 100% pass rate on the exam for registered nurses by associate degree graduates. Penn College offers degrees for those pursuing registered nurse and practical nurse licensure eligibility.