Students shadow medical professionals in multiple health care professions during annual career day
Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale recently held its 14th annual “Day in the Life of a Nurse” on October 5th, 2018 with students from Cardinal Gibbons and Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale. The day featured an overview of nursing, career pathways and progression, educational opportunities, hospital tours, nurse shadowing, and a skills fair.
“A Day in the Life of a Nurse is such a valuable opportunity for students looking towards nursing and healthcare as a career," said Elyce Bishop, Clinical Education and Nurse Residency Coordinator at Holy Cross Hospital.
During the full-day program at Holy Cross, students shadowed healthcare professionals in various areas of the hospital and toured key hospital departments, including the Emergency Room, Simulation Room, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, and the maternity ward. Students also gained hands-on experience with a "SimMan 3G," a life-size human model that creates training environments with realistic outcomes, learned how to perform CPR, perform newborn care, operate patient lifts, and examine various equipment that is used to treat and care for patients.
Holy Cross Hospital's Day in the Life of a Nurse program was sponsored by the Nursing Consortium of South Florida.
About Holy Cross Hospital
A member of Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital is a full-service, non-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross Hospital has been named one of the top three hospitals of 65 in the Miami metro area and among the top 20 in the state in U.S. News and World Report's 2018-2019 Best Hospital rankings. Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life. To learn more about Holy Cross Hospital, visit holy-cross.com. Connect @holycrossfl.
