nursing
USD nursing Department receives GRNEN grant, students collaborate with Kibosho nursing students
The USD Nursing department received a grant from the Matson Halverson Christiansen Hamilton Foundation, which is part of the Global Rural Nursing Exchange Network (GRNEN) initiative. Anne Pithan, USD department chair of nursing, and Lisa Feller, USD academic site director for the nursing department, are leading the project as the co-investigators. This project will connect […]
Remote learning poses challenges for USD nursing students
COVID-19 brought many challenges to USD’s nursing program. USD students found difficulties in the switch to remote learning brought on by the pandemic, including the need to quarantine for two weeks when exposed to COVID-19, leading students to fall behind, a lack of opportunities for clinical practice and a reduction in activities. Anne Pithan, the […]
Students reflect on their personal experiences with COVID-19
The effects of COVID have rippled throughout campus, but they have looked different for every student. For some students, the virus has been a looming threat with little meaning in their lives, but for others, it has changed their life. Freshman Brooke Loutsch’s uncle contracted COVID from his job at the Tyson Foods plant. He then passed it onto Loutsch’s aunt. Loutsch […]
Balancing Act: Nationally ranked basketball, nursing
The Coyote women’s basketball team ranked 16th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll and 21st in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this week, but these student-athletes find time to just be students. Juniors Monica Arens and Claudia Kunzer are nursing majors. Both are hoping to get into the nursing program this month and play vital […]