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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.

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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