{"id":22964,"date":"2023-12-04T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=22964"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:06:23","slug":"bc3-r-n-students-to-showcase-research-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-r-n-students-to-showcase-research-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"BC3 R.N. students showcase research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22964\" class=\"elementor elementor-22964\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db04ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1db04ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d67d6fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d67d6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>(Butler, PA) Nearly 80 students who intend to graduate in May from Butler County Community College\u2019s career program in registered nursing will present research findings on 18 topics to the public this week in the state-of-the-art Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building that opened in August.<\/p><p>The free evidence-based practice research presentations are scheduled from noon to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the lobby of the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/guests-to-be-in-awe-of-bc3s-newest-facility\/\">25,000-square-foot facility<\/a> on BC3\u2019s main campus in Butler Township.<\/p><p>Students in BC3\u2019s 70-credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/health-care\/nursing.html\">Nursing, R.N.<\/a>, program will discuss Tuesday with visitors research on nine topics that include \u201cEffects of Instagram on teenage girls and anorexia,\u201d \u201cDo private rooms promote healing?\u201d and \u201cWhat is the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for anxiety and stress in health care workers?\u201d<\/p><p>Students will discuss Wednesday with visitors research on nine other topics that include \u201cTelehealth,\u201d \u201cHow does promoting touch 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class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Our curriculum promotes that progressive type of thinking so that our students are well-versed in the issues that there are today in health care and certainly in nursing.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Dr. Patty Annear, dean, BC3\u2019s Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1159b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e1159b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BC3_Registered-Nursing_083123_b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22973\" alt=\"BC3_Nursing_R.N._presentations\" data-full-width=\"1333\" data-full-height=\"864\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Logan Barnhart, foreground, of Chicora, a student in Butler County Community College\u2019s associate degree career program in registered nursing, takes the blood pressure of a simulated patient inside the new Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building on BC3\u2019s main campus in Butler Township in this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, file photo. Barnhart is among nearly 80 students who intend to graduate in May and who will present research findings on 18 topics to the public this week.\n\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ae115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23ae115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u201cThere are topics that need to be researched\u201d<\/h3><p>\u201cOur students are thinking the way they should be,\u201d said Dr. Patty Annear, dean of the college\u2019s Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health. \u201cOur curriculum promotes that progressive type of thinking so that our students are well-versed in the issues that there are today in health care and certainly in nursing.\u201d<\/p><p>Topics chosen by students \u201care very worthy for health care providers and consumers alike,\u201d Annear said. \u201cIt would be interesting to know how the care I am getting as a consumer might be impacted by a nurse who is on an eight-hour shift or a 12-hour shift. Or if I have a daughter or a son who might be having problems with body image, what can we maybe do to prevent that?\u201d<\/p><p>Their curiosity about the topics was inspired by BC3\u2019s courses and by clinical experiences at health care facilities such as Butler Health System, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Valley Hospital and Concordia Lutheran Ministries, said Heather Darrington, an assistant professor in the Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health.<\/p><p>\u201cTheir experience in clinical is the reason they can see that there are topics that need to be researched,\u201d Darrington said. \u201cThey see things in clinical. They see patients on the floors in clinical. They see policies or procedures or processes that gets them thinking.\u201d<\/p><h3>\u201cThe public can learn\u201d<\/h3><p>Alicia Switlick, a 27-year-old Karns City resident who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in exercise science from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in 2018, is among five BC3 students who will discuss research named \u201cHow does social media affect the mental health of adolescents and can registered nursing education improve this?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI really do think the public can learn something from us,\u201d Switlick said. \u201cA lot of us have picked topics that we have seen first-hand or experienced first-hand. We all have social media. We\u2019ve all grown up in this very techie world.\u201d<\/p><p>Students in BC3\u2019s associate degree career programs such as Nursing, R.N., can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation.<\/p><p>Registered nurse is among current high-priority occupations in western Pennsylvania, according to the state Department of Labor &amp; Industry\u2019s Center for Workforce Information &amp; Analysis.<\/p><p>\u201cMany of these students will likely be staying in the Butler region, which is the intent of being the community\u2019s college,\u201d Annear said. \u201cI think it\u2019s evident by how they are thinking and by their projects that we are certainly producing those good nurses for the future and for the future care of Butler County.\u201d<\/p><p>Seventy-nine students representing at least 12 western Pennsylvania counties intend to graduate in May from BC3\u2019s main campus Nursing, R.N., program. The Class of 2024 may include seven students who also attend Grove City College and eight students who are participating in Concordia Lutheran Ministries\u2019 tuition assistance program.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/first-grove-city-college-students-to-earn-r-n-degrees-from-bc3\/\">Grove City College<\/a> students in their sophomore and junior years pursue 41 credits in nine technical and clinical courses through BC3 while also taking classes in Grove City College\u2019s Charles Jr. and Betty Johnson School of Nursing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/concordia-tuition-assistance.html\">Concordia Lutheran Ministries<\/a> offers tuition assistance to BC3 nursing students who agree to work for the health care provider after graduation.<\/p><p>Thirty-two students intend to graduate in May from BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s Nursing, R.N., program.<\/p><p>General applications for fall 2024 consideration in Nursing, R.N., programs on BC3\u2019s main campus and at BC3 @ Brockway will be accepted until March 1 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/admission\/nursing-rn-admission\/index.html\">bc3.edu\/nursing-admission<\/a><\/p><p>BC3\u2019s president\u2019s scholars presented research findings and its digital audio and video production, graphic design and photography students displayed their portfolios and art during <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/free-public-events-to-showcase-bc3-students-research-talents\/\">free public events in May<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Butler, PA) Nearly 80 students who intend to graduate in May from Butler County Community College\u2019s career program in registered nursing will present research findings on 18 topics to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"TEC\\Tickets\\Commerce\\Module","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,215,291,218],"tags":[305,278,306,279,292,293,318,261,404,296,277,325],"post_folder":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22964"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24716,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964\/revisions\/24716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22964"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=22964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}