Nursing students prepare for the COVID-19 frontlines
Education | The pandemic disrupts educational rhythms while increasing demand for healthcare workers
by Esther Eaton
Posted 2/24/21, 03:08 pm
In her Louisiana apartment, nursing student Victoria Young listened to YouTube videos of healthy lungs whooshing and sick lungs crackling, practiced a head-to-toe exam on her dog, Eeyore, and used a cup with a lid and straw to learn how to insert catheters. She has had to come up with creative ways to master coursework while locked away from classmates and professors.