Nursing students go hands-on for Kiwanis Club members

NSU nursing students in their first level of clinicals at the Natchitoches campus and their professor Dr. Shaun Wheat, far right, spoke to the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club about putting classroom knowledge into nursing practice.
NSU nursing students in their first level of clinicals at the Natchitoches campus and their professor Dr. Shaun Wheat, far right, spoke to the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club about putting classroom knowledge into nursing practice.

A class of Northwestern State University nursing students in firstlevel clinicals and Associate Professor of Nursing Dr. Shaun Wheat spoke to the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club March 12 to discuss their experiences with hands-on nursing and applying textbook knowledge to a real clinical setting. Afterwards they conducted blood pressure checks and visited with club members one-on-one.

The discussion was …