Destinations Career Academy of Colorado creating mobile nursing lab to help students with exams, clinicals

Video Credit: KOAA - Southern Colorado
Published on May 10, 2021 - Duration: 02:33s

Destinations Career Academy of Colorado creating mobile nursing lab to help students with exams, clinicals

Destinations Career Academy of Colorado received $60,000 in funding to create a mobile nursing lab equipped with hospital beds and other medical equipment.


Destinations Career Academy of Colorado creating mobile nursing lab to help students with exams, clinicals

IT'S NATIONAL NURSES WEEK...AND WE WANT TO SPOTLIGHT ANINNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WAY THATA COLORADO SCHOOL IS HELPINGIT'S NURSING STUDENTS REBOUNDFROM THE PANDEMIC."DESTINATIONS CAREER ACADEMY OFCOLORADO" RECEIVED SIXTYTHOUSAND DOLLARS IN FUNDING TOCREATE A MOBILE NURSING LABEQUIPPED WITH HOSPITAL BEDS ANDOTHER MEDICAL EQUIPEMENT.ONE LOCAL STUDENT TELLS NEWSFIVE'S MAYO DAVISON HOW THIS NEWOPTION COULD HELP THE NURSINGSHORTAGE ACROSS THE STATE.TO HELP FILL THE SHORTAGE OFNURSES IN COLORADO...INSTRUCTORS WITH DESTINATIONSCAREER ACADEMY HITTING THE ROAD.BRINGING HANDS ON EDUCATION TOREMOTE CNA STUDENTS ACROSS THESTATE.<GETTING THIS MOBILE LAB MAKESME ABSOLUTELY EXCITED.VERONICA PALMER IS STUDYING ATCODCA TO BECOME A REGISTEREDNURSE.THE PANDEMIC A BIG MOTIVATOR FORHER TO FINISH SCHOOL.IT PUSHED ME TO SEE ALL OF THESENURSES PUTTING THEIR LIVES ONTHE FRONTLINES.BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EASY WITH THEPANDEMIC FORCING A LOT OFCHANGES WITH EXAMS ANDCLINICALS.I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHERE WEWERE GOING TO DO OUR CLINICALSAND IF WE WOULD DO IT IN ASIMULUATED LAB.WE HAD OURS BACKIN JANAURY, AND THAT WAS AT OURSCHOOLS OFFICES AND IT WAS SORTOF A MOCK SORT OF SETUP.NOW WITH THE MOBILE NURSINGLAB....SHE'LL HAVE NOT ONLY A PLACE TOCOMPLETE HER CLINICAL HOURS BUTTO GET INDUSTRY-LEVEL TRAINING.THEY CAN GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE.THEY HAVE THE COURSE WORK TAUGHTBY OUR NURSE, THEY HAVE THE LABAND CLINICAL HOURS, AND FINALLYTAKE THAT CERTIFICATION ANDHOPEFULLY GRADUATE AS A CNA.WHILE THE IDEA WAS BORN FROM THEPANDEMIC...CADY SAYS IT WILL BE A PERMANENTOPTION FOR THEIR STUDENTS.WHILE THE FRONT RANGE IS PRETTYACCESIBLE TO GET INTO LABS ANDCLASSROOMS, MANY OF OUR STUDENTSDON'T LIVE ALONG THE FRONTRAGE.THIS IS A WAY TO MEET THEIRNEEDS.AND HELP BRING MORE STUDENTSINTO AN INDUSTRY NEEDED NOW MORETHAN EVER.THEY WILL GET THIS UHAUL/RVTHING TO COME TO THEM SO THEYDONT HAVE TO WORRY WHOS GOING TOLET US IN, HOW ARE WE GOING TODO THIS.IT'S RIGHT HERE, IN MY OWNCOMFORT, FOR NOW.RIGHT NOW...CODCA IS USING AUHAUL WHILE THE MOBILE LAB GETSFINISHED.THEY EXPECT TO HAVE IT UP ANDRUNNING BY FALL SEMESTER.ALWAYS WATCHING OUT FOR YOUSOUTHERN COLORADO....MAYO DAVISON NEWS FIVE.

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