creldridge | July 6, 2009
Thanks for forwarding the information about the need for volunteers at Camp Barnabas. They were able to fill their need of 23 volunteers within a 2-day period. What a blessing!!!!
I arrived home yesterday after a very spiritually fulfilling week. I took 6 amazing nursing students that worked non-stop the whole week. This term of campers [...]
creldridge | May 11, 2009
A bad storm blew through our area last week, with tornadoes and lots of damaging wind. Here’s a story from the morning of the storm, from the director of our ASN program, Becky Miller:
I am just now hearing about how the storm Friday morning affected Mercy Villa. The facility did not have damage, but the [...]
creldridge | May 5, 2009
From an email from an RN at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield:
"On April 22, 2009, we had second-semester students on our floor from 1400-1900. In my opinion these students performed above the call of duty and exhibited the highest Mercy values attainable. If this is an example of the future of nursing then we can [...]
creldridge | March 21, 2009
There’s a lot of aiding and abetting going on at St. John’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Southwest Baptist University-Springfield. You might think I’m writing about something criminal, since we usually hear the phrase "aiding and abetting" in the context of someone helping a lawbreaker do something illegal. "Abetting" is actually a lovely [...]
creldridge | March 18, 2009
I love emails like this, from a faculty member who teaches pediatrics:
"I want to tell you about some students who went "above and beyond" in the clinical setting. First, two students actually volunteered for an EXTRA clinical day (extra work voluntarily!!) on the pediatric unit to gain experience with skills and working with children in [...]
creldridge | March 14, 2009
This might be the best story I’ve heard in the last few months about a student who demonstrated that "just a student" is a vital part of the health care team. It was sent to me by Leah, a clinical instructor in the college.
The student was accompanying her patient to a procedure, thinking they were [...]
creldridge | March 14, 2009
Jodi, a clinical instructor, emailed me that she wanted to share some good news, along with her fellow instructor, Susan. She wrote:
"Today the patient advocate on our hospital unit observed all of our students. He was looking specifically at how many were washing their hands. He made his observations without any of us knowing what [...]
creldridge | March 14, 2009
Paul, one of our clinical instructors, reported this story this week:
"I was approached by a team leader in the hospital last night who shared some compliments and observations. She expressed amazement at the positive atmosphere that the students and instructors in our college share. She reported that in the nursing program she [...]
