For the first time, Enterprise High School is offering nursing classes to students and senior Michelle Simmons said she is thankful for the opportunity.
“I like working with kids and I want to be a pediatrician,” she said while in the nursing class Tuesday. “I worked in summer camp last summer and I loved being with the kids. This class is going to help me have a great start on what I want to be.”
Simmons said so far she’s learned how to properly assess a person who is ill.
“We’ve learned how to properly use a stethoscope and to feel for abnormalities,” she said.
Simmons, certified in CPR with the American Red Cross, will also have the opportunity to be certified in the American Heart CPR class.
“Each step I take will help me get ahead,” she said.
Facilitator of the class, RN Renee Faust, is also the Enterprise City Schools nursing supervisor and an EHS nurse, along with Susan Wagner.
“Only seniors can take this class,” Faust said, “and it’s a year-long class. The teacher is RN MSN Karen Walker from the LBWCC campus.”
Faust said the seven students who have chosen to take the class will receive six college credits.
Seniors Arinne Wanner and Montie Byrd also said they had chosen to take the class because they were interested in health care professions.
“This class is really an opportunity to learn so many different things that we need to get started on for our future,” Byrd said. “I want to be a traveling nurse and I’m glad I get this opportunity.”
Wannar said she had always been interested in the health care field.
“All of my life I kind of knew I wanted to do something in health care. I really want to become a nurse practitioner and this is a great chance to start on what I want to become,” she said.
Faust said that for the next nine weeks students will concentrate on learning the chemistry of drugs used in health care and their side effects.
“This is a great chance for students who know they want to be in health care to have a jump start on a career,” she added.
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