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Make A Plan And STICK To It!

Needlestick injuries are no laughing matter.  That is why the Medical Assistant students funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) ACT 4 Healthcare Grant, have definitely made a plan to stay safe and are sticking to it!
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July 31, 2017by Brenda Raad
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Clubs & Organizations, Faculty and Staff, Health Careers & Wellness

Nursing group honors late teacher, donate to humane society

Moraine Park nursing students pose for group photo at Ozaukee Humane Society

The West Bend Student Nurses Association raised $326 as a memorial for their beloved teacher, Deb Schmitz, and donated it to the Ozaukee Humane Society as she had requested.

Deb was born November 7, 1959 in Port Washington and passed away in May 2017. For the last 17 years of her life, Deb was a dedicated Clinical Nursing Instructor at Moraine Park Technical College and impacted many students. 
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July 31, 2017by Heddy Pahnke
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Sweet Summertime! Students complete MPTC nursing assistant boot camp

Two students from CNA boot camp pose for picture with instructor

Eight more students recently successfully completed Moraine Park Technical College’s Nursing Assistant (CNA) boot camp–a rigorous three-week, 120 hour, 3 credit, learning experience. Students spent their clinical hours training at Fond du Lac Lutheran Home.
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July 31, 2017by Anne Lemke
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Health Careers & Wellness

MLT grads: 100% Again!

Medical Lab Technician students pose for a group photo

As Moraine Park‘s Medical Laboratory Technician program director, I am so happy to annouce that this year’s program graduates have all passed the National ASCP Certification Exam. While I was certain that this would be the case because the students in this class were exceptional, it is always great to see the data! I am confident that these students will enjoy a long career in laboratory medicine!
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June 28, 2017by Linda Bau
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Faculty and Staff, Health Careers & Wellness

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Nursing instructor Heather Evenson

Heather Evenson makes a heart shape with her hands over a memorial brick outside of Moraine Park

Heather Evenson, MSN, RN, has been employed with Moraine Park for almost three years as a member of the nursing team. Her great leadership is obvious to those who work with her or are students of hers. But there is more to Heather’s contributions to nursing and her students that often goes unseen.
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May 30, 2017by Andrew Pantzlaff
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Health Careers & Wellness

Straight from the future?

Virtual healthcare, telemedicine, or E-care: It is an innovative way people can now receive personalized healthcare. On the last day of clinical, first semester nursing students got to learn how technology can help maintain a patient’s independence and health as they age.
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May 24, 2017by Kerry DeGroot
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Health Careers & Wellness

End of semester laughter breaks stress levels

Moraine Park paramedic students standing with dinosaur costume

Moraine Park faculty, long known for their excellence in education, also know the stress of getting to excellence for both students and staff. Nursing instructor Heather Evenson has used the power of laughter throughout her classes to relax students on final examination days and this year she “T-laxed” the E building.

May 19 was a demanding day for nursing classes as they took cumulative exams, the EMT program was in final preparation for national practical testing and the faculty and staff were in survival mode to finish all of their “to-do’s”.

Enter T- laughasaurus.
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May 24, 2017by Heather Evenson
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Student Nurses Receive Meritorious Service Awards at Student Banquet

West Bend SNA members at the 2017 Student Awards Banquet.

Several students were recognized for their contributions to MPTC and the Student Nurse’s Association on the West Bend campus at the annual awards banquet. Receiving awards were Joey Jaeger, Jessica Corbett, Jessica Bach, Ashland Morecki, Emily Ewe, Nicki Stavrakis, Kristine Gould, Melissa Meyer and Erica Breitenstein.

To learn more about our nursing program and other career options, visit morainepark.edu/programs.

May 17, 2017by Mary Krieger
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Clubs & Organizations, Community Engagement, Health Careers & Wellness

Student Nurses Helping the Elderly

SNA members put together sensory boxes for nursing home residents.

West Bend Student Nurses Association came together to make Sensory Boxes for the residents at Cedar Community Nursing Home. Students had determined that some residents needed something to help them keep active and prevent boredom, so they researched and created the sensory boxes.
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May 17, 2017by Mary Krieger
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