Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Nursing students win annual Critical Care Challenge
Representing the USI College of Nursing and Health Professions in the Critical-Care Challenge were (front row, from left), Natalie Mackay, Sarah Titzer, Kristin Jones, Ashley Guth, and Sloan Payne (second row, from left) Andrea Paulnitz, Marilyn Ostendorf , and Jane Swartz and (third row, from left) Allen Taylor, Joey Amos, Adam Grant, and Pete Sieg. Ostendorf and Swartz were faculty sponsors.
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Betty Vawter Senior Editor, News & Information Services 812/480-1873 The USI undergraduate nursing students answered 42 of 50 multiple-choice questions correctly to take home the traveling trophy in the student portion of the academic contest. The competition tests the students' knowledge of how to care for critically ill patients. USI students competed against teams representing University of Evansville, Ivy Tech Community College, and Henderson Community College. Marilyn Ostendorf and Jane Swartz, instructors in nursing, were faculty sponsors of the 10-member USI team. Team members were Joey Amos, Adam Grant, Ashley Guth, Kristin Jones, Natalie Mackay, Andrea Paulnitz, Sloan Payne, Pete Sieg, Allen Taylor, and Sarah Titzer. This year's event took place April 14 at St. Mary's Manor Auditorium. Nursing teams representing five area hospitals competed in the hospital division of the contest. |
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