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Helping & Healing: People skills make an impact

April 17, 2019 Applied Health, Faculty & Staff, Human Services & Restorative Justice, Natural Science, Nursing, Nursing & Health Sciences, Penn College Magazine, Penn College Magazine Feature, Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications Comments are disabled after 182 days.

Nursing instructor Tushanna M. Habalar (in white), leads students in inserting an IV into “SimMan,” an electronically controlled patient simulator.
Nursing instructor Tushanna M. Habalar (in white), leads students in inserting an IV into “SimMan,” an electronically controlled patient simulator.
During a flu shot clinic on campus, physician assistant student Savanna R. Stauffer, '17, draws a dose of the vaccine into a syringe.
During a flu shot clinic on campus, physician assistant student Savanna R. Stauffer, ’17, draws a dose of the vaccine into a syringe.

From the Spring 2019 Penn College Magazine: Personal health, passion and empathy are key for employees in health and human services professions to effectively care for others. Read Helping and Healing.

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