Whether testing patients to see if they have COVID-19 or caring for those who do, nurses are fighting on the front lines to safeguard the lives of those affected. They face multiple challenges, from a critical shortage of nurses, beds and medical supplies to exhaustion and fears of infection. You might think that would discourage students considering going into nursing. But for Maci Kroupa, a nursing student at the UNMC College of Nursing’s Kearney Division, seeing the … [Read more...] about Nursing student Maci Kroupa ‘called to help people’
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‘It’s what we sign up for’: UNK pre-nursing students undeterred during pandemic
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is unlike anything Maci Kroupa has experienced before. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has infected more than 2.7 million people across the globe, killing over 192,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, there are more than 800,000 confirmed cases, including 2,124 in Nebraska as of Friday morning. Around 50,000 people have died from the … [Read more...] about ‘It’s what we sign up for’: UNK pre-nursing students undeterred during pandemic
UNK’s Brittany Zimmerman uses difficult past to create better future
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Brittany Zimmerman’s life could have gone down a different path. She could have used her tough childhood and unstable home life as an excuse to fail. She could have folded under the pressures that weighed heavily on her throughout her teenage years. Nobody would have blamed her. But anyone who has met the 20-year-old University of Nebraska at Kearney student knows that’s not the kind of person she is. Instead of … [Read more...] about UNK’s Brittany Zimmerman uses difficult past to create better future
Lanz’s research studies nurse burnout, stress at work
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Nurses who are more resilient don’t typically experience as much workplace burnout. That is what psychologist Julie Lanz found in her recently published research through a project she’s worked on since 2013. As part of her Ph.D. dissertation at Florida International University, Lanz studied stressors nurses experience in the workplace and surveyed nurses on their level of resilience. “It turns out that nurses struggle … [Read more...] about Lanz’s research studies nurse burnout, stress at work
UNK, UNMC Health Science building grand opening Aug. 20
KEARNEY – Health science education and health care delivery for central and western Nebraska enters a new era on Aug. 20 when doors to the Health Science Education Complex open officially. A public ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house beginning 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, culminates nearly three years of planning and activity to bring the new $19 million Health Science building to reality on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. All are welcome. Following the … [Read more...] about UNK, UNMC Health Science building grand opening Aug. 20
