Monday, June 30th
The “In a Heartbeat” fun continued as the girls prepared for G3N (GO-GIRLS Go Nursing). The girls made their way to the WSU College of Nursing were they were active participants in a presentation and discussion about the Heart and Heart Health lead by Dr. Rhonda Conner-Warren, an alumnus of Wayne State University and the Assistant Professor of Health Practice at MSU. During this presentation the girls learned about the anatomy of the heart, normal vs abnormal heart sounds, the risk factors for heart disease and how to identify the symptoms of both a heart attack and a stroke. All of these fun facts were later tested in a rousing game of jeopardy with categories like “The Heart of the Matter” and “In my Heart of Hearts”.
The “In a Heartbeat” fun continued as the girls prepared for G3N (GO-GIRLS Go Nursing). The girls made their way to the WSU College of Nursing were they were active participants in a presentation and discussion about the Heart and Heart Health lead by Dr. Rhonda Conner-Warren, an alumnus of Wayne State University and the Assistant Professor of Health Practice at MSU. During this presentation the girls learned about the anatomy of the heart, normal vs abnormal heart sounds, the risk factors for heart disease and how to identify the symptoms of both a heart attack and a stroke. All of these fun facts were later tested in a rousing game of jeopardy with categories like “The Heart of the Matter” and “In my Heart of Hearts”.
Dr.
Cynethera McNeil, a certified Nurse Practitioner and full-time Clinical faculty at the WSU College of Nursing, kept the girls moving and working out their hearts by having
the girls perform various physical activities like dribbling a ball under one leg
or performing 15 crossovers to demonstrate the flow of blood throughout the
heart. The girls were also able to see
the affect that physical activity had on their heart rate by measuring and
recording their pulse before and after power walking around the nursing
building. Dr. McNeil gave the girls the
opportunity to act as real health care professionals by having the girls listen
to each other’s hearts with
stethoscopes.
The simulation lab was one of the
most interactive moments of this session. The girls were able to listen and identify
the various types of heart sounds they had discussed during the lecture. The
models that the girls worked with are actually used to teach actual nursing students!
All in all the girls learned a great
deal about heart health and they were given valuable knowledge about the field
of nursing and all of the required courses and duties needed to become a
professional woman in the STEM field.
More fun to come !!
-Mentor, Rynita B.
-Mentor, Rynita B.
