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Show , H ! ir 1 1 I; ; r.y i j Students taking the Certified Nucs Aide Course are wrapping up their classthis week in Panguitch. Th3 class is sponsor by Southwest Utah AHEC and is open to highchool students and adults. Those participatifl the class this year were, top row, left to right, Jdi Moore, Maxi Miller, Shelly Hatch, Heather Shkespear, Travis Talbot, Camile Christensen, ad Joan Norton; PANGUITCH Both educj tion and health agencies in Garfia County are receiving kudos for th most recent example of worku cooperatively to maximize aval bility and funding to train nun and to further health care servii education in this rural area. The results of the latest effort gather and train certified nuri assistants from across the coi has proven successful with thef-ticipation thef-ticipation by 24 people in the m recent CNA Course offered. According to Program Cdi-nator Cdi-nator Sherree Rechtsteiner, hen a registered nurse, there is no r)n why someone desiring to fer their nursing skills in Gild County should not be able to io. The course began in Januaiixi I middle row: Dana Deardon, Lacee Leach, Sylvia Foster, Sarah McLeod, Talynn Ator, and teacher Sherree Rechtsteiner; front row: Brandi Baldwin, Elaine Cottam, Yadi Avila, Emily Mathew, Kara Sudweeks, and Laura Boshell. Those not shown are Jody Haley, Laci Jensen, Katie Robinson, Jennifer Reynolds, Jennifer Bybee and Alison Yardley. New Program CertifiesNurse Assistant In Garfield County boasts 17 youth from all three county high schools, 10 from Panguitch, five from Bryce Valley, and two from Piute. It also includes eight adults, one from Bryce Valley, one from Escalante, four from Panguitch and two from Kanab. Those enrolled in this nursing course received their funding through a variety of sources. High school tuition was funded through the Applied Technology Education program with Southern Utah University. Uni-versity. Students were also covered through Workforce Services and Vocational Rehabilitation funds locally lo-cally and through Richfield. Tuition Tui-tion for students was about $400 which included books, testing fees, and five college credits through Dixie State College. Adults worked through the Short Term Intensive Training (STIT) program with their tuition running $150 for books, testing fees, tuition and no college credit. Some testing for adults was also worked in cooperation with local medical service providers. Instructor salaries was covered through Dixie State College in St. George, with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in Cedar City picking up costs for miscellaneous supplies and testing. Facilities utilized in the nursing course included Panguitch High School for classroom work, Garfield Gar-field Memorial Hospital for non- (See CNA COURSE on page 9-A) CNA COURSE From Front Page credited adult students and clinicals; Valley View Medical Center credited credi-ted student clinicals and Kolob Regional Re-gional Care and Rehabilitation Center Cen-ter in Cedar City also for credited students clinicals. Instructors used for this series of classes include all registered nurses with Sherree Rechtsteincr teaching classroom work and transporting students to Kolob for clinicals. Melanie Oylcr also lectured, did classroom instruction, practicals and clinicals. Shcri Woolsey assisted assis-ted with student clinicals at Valley View Medical Center. Deann Brown instructed the adults and conducted clinicals at Garfield Memorial HosDital. Future plans ol course offerings for certified nursing assistants for 2001 include August at Bryce Valley High School, January 2002 at Panguitch High School and August 2002 at Escalante High School. Those currently enrolled in the certified nursing assistant course include Yadi Avila,. Talynn Ator, Brandy Baldwin, Laura Boshell, Lori Bridges, Jennifer Bybee, Camile Christensen, Elaine Cot-tarn, Cot-tarn, Dayna Deardon, Sylvia Foster, Jody Haley, Shelly Hatch, Laci Jensen, Lacee Leach, Emily Matthew, Sarah McLeod, Maxi Miller, Kali Moore, Joan Norton, Jennifer Reynolds, Katie Robinson, Heather Shakespear, Kara Sud-weeks, Sud-weeks, Travis Talbot and Alison Yardley. A real feather in the cap for this program was the announcement that 2000 certified nursing assistant graduate Ashley Beebe of Escalante, will be going to Atlanta, Ga in June to compete in the National Health Occupations Student Association Asso-ciation (HOSA). Beebe will be receiving re-ceiving support and financial backing back-ing from Garfield County School District, Vocational Education at Escalante High School, the HOSA Program, Southern Utah Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the Garfield Memorial Health Care Foundation. |