Amy Hudson, a second-semester senior at Saint Luke’s College was selected for a paid internship at the Veterans Administration in Kansas City last summer.
She was assigned to the emergency department, but also had opportunities to work in the intensive care unit, and catheterization laboratory/surgery areas. By the end of the summer she was doing 10 to 12 I.V.s a day, daily catheterizations, and nasogastric intubation.
Each year Saint Luke's College selects outstanding B.S.N. students to receive the Dick Howser Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The two-year scholarships are given in memory of former Royals manager, Dick Howser, who led the Royals to their 1985 World Series Championship.
The scholarship fund was started following Howser's death from a brain tumor in 1987, in appreciation of the nurses who cared for him during his stay at Saint Luke's Hospital. These scholarships are made possible by the generous support of the Kansas City community and the Howser family.
Michele Shanahan-DeMoss spoke to the Community Health students on Friday, September 13. She shared experiences with student nurses about when her daughter was killed by a stray bullet during a 4th of July celebration in 2011. She was 11 years old when she died.
Saint Luke's College students provided first aid at the American Stroke Foundation's annual walk along Brush Creek and helped stroke survivors to raise funds for free rehabilitation and support services in the metro. This activity was organized by the Saint Luke’s Student Nursing Association.
B.S.N. students volunteered August 24th to provide first aid and runner support at Heart to Heart International's 5K Trail Run for Haiti. Heart to Heart raises funds for cholera and sanitation programs.
The 1963 class was honored at Homecoming activities Saturday, September 28. Before the noon luncheon at the Hampton Inn, alumni braved the rain and toured the College. Current students helped host the alumni by giving tours, helping with registration, and hosting a luncheon table.
When school reopens this fall, Saint Luke’s College will begin offering three post-graduate nursing certificates: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practioner, Nurse Educator, and Nursing Informatics.
“These are designed for practicing nurses who already have a M.S.N. and who wish to advance their careers with additional graduate training,” said Dr. James Hauschildt, academic dean at Saint Luke’s College. “We believe that area nurses will welcome the opportunity to pursue one of these certificates at a local College, rather than from an entirely-online program.”
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (May 22, 2013) - Assistant Professor Sharon White-Lewis is teaching one of the only Perioperative Nursing electives in the Kansas City, a two-week course designed to give students operating room experience. She converted a room in the College Simulation Center into an operating suite where students could be introduced to “scrub” and “circulate” activities nurses perform in the operating room.
Students spend eight days in operating rooms at Saint Luke’s Hospital performing these roles during live operations.
