{"id":57892,"date":"2015-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-nursing-students-spend-community-clinical-rounds-educating-homeless-senior-citizens\/"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:00:00","slug":"uri-nursing-students-spend-community-clinical-rounds-educating-homeless-senior-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/uri-nursing-students-spend-community-clinical-rounds-educating-homeless-senior-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 nursing students spend community clinical rounds educating homeless, senior citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 28, 2015 \u2013 When Stefanie Histcherich (Woodcliff Lake, N.J), Liz Pereira (Wallingford, Conn.) and Ali Hartman (Cranston, R.I.), all seniors in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s nursing program, first stepped into the Welcome House of South County in Wakefield, they were nervous. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cYou could definitely say I was overwhelmed,\u201d said Hartman. \u201cI had a very close-minded view of what homelessness was. But what I\u2019ve learned about homelessness is that it can be anyone\u2014your uncle, your high school math teacher, or even the person sitting next to you at the doctor\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe three students completed their fall semester\u2019s clinical round at the Welcome House, a homeless shelter that helps people get back on their feet by encouraging them to save money and seek jobs if they are unemployed.<\/p>\n


\nHitscherich agrees with Hartman\u2019s sentiments: \u201cEvery first day of clinical, you get nervous and even anxious since you don\u2019t know what to expect. When we got to the Welcome House, we felt a little lost. There was so much going on around us and we didn\u2019t know how to fit into the daily routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

After studying the Welcome House\u2019s population and indentifying issues, the three students developed a series of presentations addressing topics like personal hygiene and how to dress for a job interview. They presented their lessons every Thursday during the shelter\u2019s public soup kitchen. At first, they felt like they were imposing on the guests\u2019 lunchtime. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cAs we were presenting, people were getting up to get food, squeezing past us to get to the cabinet behind us or even asking for forks in the middle of the presentation,\u201d said Pereira. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most intimidating experiences you can ever have.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThat was, until after their first presentation, when guests began approaching the students and asking questions about how to implement the students\u2019 suggestions in their lives. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe realized we weren\u2019t just presenting to a room of people eating lunch,\u201d said Hitscherich. \u201cWe presented to a room of people who were listening.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nJoe Dziobek, executive director of the Welcome House said, \u201cI definitely think they were learning. The proof is in the pudding\u2014when the students did their flu clinic, people who weren\u2019t staying in the shelter got their flu shots, and pretty much everyone in the shelter got their flu shots.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe said the residents looked forward to seeing the students, often asking if the students were going to be coming to the shelter on a given day. \u201cI give the students a lot of credit,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir commitment was there.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOn our last day they told us they\u2019d miss their \u201clunchtime show,\u201d said Hartman. \u201cIt was sad leaving. We\u2019re going to miss the guests and staff of the Welcome House and their generosity and kindness toward us. We were able to get to know them and we looked forward to seeing them every week.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe learning went both ways during the students\u2019 time at the Welcome House. They were able to teach the homeless population many lessons about how to care for themselves better, but the students learned from the guests at the shelter as well. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhat we learned from this group,\u201d said Hartman, \u201cis that they were educated. Many had high school and college diplomas and had even held high-paying jobs.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nPereira continued, \u201cWhen talking to them, you really have no clue that they\u2019re homeless. It was a common experience for us to not know if we were talking to a Welcome House guest or volunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe students described the guests of the Welcome House as polite, friendly and engaging. The guests conversed with the students and \u201cmade jokes that had us rolling on the floor laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey have a history,\u201d said Hitscherich. \u201cIf you sit down and talk with them for a few minutes, you truly gain a new perspective.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nDuring their time at the Welcome House, the trio also held a personal hygiene supply drive for the residents. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and Christ the King Church in Kingston helped them collect items like toothpaste, toothbrushes and razors. \u201cWe collected all the stuff that food stamps can\u2019t pay for,\u201d said Pereira.<\/p>\n


\nThe Welcome House experience was just one of many clinical rotations that a 溏心vlog免费B站 nursing student is required to complete before graduation.<\/p>\n


\n\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 nursing students complete a variety of clinical experiences during their undergraduate education,\u201d said Ann \u201cNancy\u201d Doyle-Moss, associate clinical professor in the College of Nursing. \u201cStudents begin clinical rounds their sophomore year and work with a different demographic each semester. This semester, the focus was on community nursing.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere\u2019s a whole teaching aspect to nursing,\u201d said Hitscherich. \u201cOur time at the Welcome House gave us experience with that.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe students also gave weekly presentations at the South County senior services center on topics like how to avoid falls and hypothermia during the winter.<\/p>\n


\nKenneth McCort, a Wakefield resident who attended the team\u2019s final talk at the center said he appreciates when 溏心vlog免费B站 students visit the center. \u201cThe presentations are significant, very informative and relevant,\u201d he said. \u201cThey talk about issues that I might never have thought of and am now aware of.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019m absolutely proud of the work the students did at the Welcome House and senior center,\u201d said Doyle-Moss. \u201cThey went above and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nEmma Clarke, a senior 溏心vlog免费B站 Marketing & Communications intern and a public relations and French double major, wrote this release.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 senior nursing students Liz Pereira, left, of Wallingford, Conn. and Stefanie Hitscherich of Woodcliff Lake, N.J discuss staying warm by layering clothing during the winter months at a wellness clinic at the South Kingstown senior services center in November. Throughout the fall semester, three 溏心vlog免费B站 nursing students held weekly educational sessions at the Welcome House in Peace Dale and then brought their presentation to the South Kingstown center on the final day of their clinical rotation. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 senior nursing student Liz Pereira of Wallingford, Conn. participates with a group of senior citizens in exercises designed to help prevent winter falls during a wellness clinic at the South Kingstown senior services center in November. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 senior nursing student Ali Hartman of Cranston, R.I. discusses the signs of frostbite at a wellness clinic at the South Kingstown senior services center in November. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 photos by Joe Giblin\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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