Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XII, Issue II - Fall 2018 | Page 10

FOUNDATION
NEWS
Baby
ON BOARD
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he North Campus in Brooksville’s nursing department The Hernando Healthcare Foundation (HHF), a longtime
recently hosted a baby shower in celebration of partner of the PHSC Foundation, became aware the Nursing
their newest addition, a SimBaby. The SimBaby is Departments current SimBaby was no longer functioning
a high-tech simulator manikin designed to train healthcare and offered assistance. Recognizing the infant costs around
providers in effectively recognizing and responding to critically $30,000, this was an enormous gesture. “We want to have the
ill pediatric patients. The highly realistic manikin simulates a highest caliber nurses in Hernando County. This equipment will
9-month-old infant exhibiting respiratory emergencies, shock, help them train to be the best. Nurses in training will have the
and cardiopulmonary arrest which can improve a student’s chance to learn from any mistakes working on the simulation
ability to respond confidently in emergency situations. child instead of during a real scenario,” Steve Emerson, chair,
Hernando Healthcare Foundation.
The nursing faculty, staff, and students gathered in the
McKethan Room at North Campus for a celebration of the
newest arrival, Bobby, to the PHSC family. In addition to
the equipment, the HHF’s 2017-18 donation made possible
$68,414 in scholarship funding toward 75 Hernando County
students pursing healthcare degrees.
PHSC Dean of Nursing and Health Programs
Billie Gabbard demonstrates the manikin to
Steve Emerson, HHF, Karen Nicolai, HHF, Kent
Eppley, HHF, and Jodi Van Slee, PHSC.
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