BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERS TWO-WEEK SUMMER NURSING CAMP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
JUNE 18, 2003
As part of an ongoing initiative to reduce the shortage of skilled nurses in New York State, Borough of Manhattan Community College is introducing a two-week nursing camp this summer for young people who may be interested in a nursing career.
Thirty seniors from New York City high schools have been selected to participate in the nursing camp. The students have expressed an interest in a nursing career. “We hope that at least 80 percent of the participants will declare a major in nursing or a health field when they enter college,” explained BMCC President Antonio Pérez. He recently chaired the City University of New York Nursing Task Force, which issued recommendations for how CUNY could address the city’s nursing shortage.
The nursing “camp” runs from June 30 through July 10 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College campus at 199 Chambers Street.
The two-week program will introduce high school students to the real world of nursing. The curriculum employs the latest interactive learning methods and “hands on” learning on state-of-the-art equipment, such as human patient simulators. The human patient simulators can be programmed to mimic the symptoms of real diseases, thus offering students a virtual patient to treat.
The students will also visit North General Hospital, and Mary Manning Walsh Long-Term Care Facility where they will shadow nurses in various specialty areas, such as medical/surgical, pediatrics, psychiatry, emergency room, obstetrics, and ambulatory care. In addition, the nurses from the hospital and the long term care facility will discuss with the students the realities of their career, the decision making processes health care professionals use, the skills and attributes of good nurses, and how to prepare for a career in nursing.
BMCC has received grants from the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant and Johnson & Johnson to underwrite the cost of the nursing camp, so student participation in the nursing camp is free.
Scheduled Dates:
June 30, July 1, July 2, July 3
July 7, July 8, July 9, July 10
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
For more information about the BMCC summer nursing camp, call 212-220-8230.
