BENTVIONLLE STUDENTS ARE STILL IN SCHOOL, BUT ALL OF THEM DO HAVE THEIR CNA CTIERFICATION. SOME OF THEM RIGHT NOW ARE WORKING AT 12-HOUR SHIFTSN O THE WEEKEND GETTING REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE AND HELNGPI OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS HERET A MERCY DURING THE OMICRON SURGE. THEY’RE KIND OF STRESSED OUT AND YOU CAN TELL A NUMBER THAT ACTUALLY C IAN DO THAT FOR YOU. I CAN HELP YOU. I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OFF YOUR SHOULDERS IF YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONES OR HOSPITALIZED AT MERCY HOSPITAL, YOUAY M SEE SOME OF THESE BENTONVILLE IGNITE CNAS MAKING ROUNDS. I WAS REALLY NERVE-WRACKING AT FIRST BECAUSE LIKE YOU’RE STARTING A JOB WHERE YOU HAVE OTHE PREOPLE’S LIVES KIND OF IN YOUR HANDS. AND SO THAT WAS TERRIFYING TO ME. TBU ONCE YOU START YOU REALLY YOU JUST KIND OF TALK TO THE TIPAENTS AND IT’S JUST REALLY NICE TO GET TO KNOW OTHERS. EVEN LIKE WHEN THEY’RE IN TIME OF A NEED WHETHER IT’S WALKING A PATIENT HELPING WITH THEIR DAILY HYGIENE FEEDING TMHE DOING VITALS CHECKING BLOOD SUGARS. THE STUDENTS ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBL FORE THE BASIC DAILY LIVING TASKS OF OUR PATIENTS THAT ARE HERE EVERY DAY. WHO DIDN’T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN ALL AREAS OF THE HOSPITAL INCLUDING THE ICU THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND EVEN THE COVID-19 UNIT WORKING IN THE SPHOITAL AND WITH EVERYBODY YOU SEE THE EFFECTS? A LOT MORE THA IN EVER TRULY REALIZED EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE YOUNG. BENTONVILLE IGNITE SAYS THE STUDENTS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITYOR F PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS THEIR PROFESSIONAL. THEY’RE PREPARED. THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE. THEY’RE EMPATHETIC. THEY HEAV THE SKILL BASE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THANET EDED AND AND THEY’RE READY TO GO OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE MERCY SAYS THE STUDENTS BRING POSITIVITY TO A TEAM WHO’S BEE TNHROUGH SO MUCH DURING THE COVID9-1 PANDEMIC. THEY SEE SOMEBODY COMING IN THAT’S EAGER THAT WANTSO T LEARN THAT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED AND THRIVE WHEN YOU KNOW COVID-19 BURNT SOME PEOPLE OUT AND WE’VEAD H PEOPLE LEAVE THE PROFESSION THESE STUDENTS COMINGN I ARE REALLY A BRIGHT FA ACEND REMIND PEOPLE WHY THEY WENT INTO NURSING OR WHY THEY WENT INTO HEALTHCARE IN GENERAL. THESE STUDENTS DO GET PAID IN HOURLY WAGE TO WORK AT THE SPHOITAL AND THEY GET AN EVEN HIGHER WAGE IF THEY WORK IN THE COVID UNIT THE STUDENTS. I SPOKE TO TODAY. SAY THIS REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE GETS THEM EVEN MORE EXCITED TO WORKN I THE HEALTHCARE FIELD AFTER THEY GRADUATE REP
Bentonville students get real world experience working at Mercy NWA
Some Bentonville High School students are helping out at Mercy Hospital Northwest when hospitals need help the most.All of the students have their CNA certifications and work through Bentonville Schools’ Ignite Professional Studies program.Students like Blaklie Allen have been working 12-hour shifts on the weekends, getting real world experience in different areas of the hospital.”It’s really nice to know that you can help these people who helped you before, because they are struggling so much, being understaffed and everything. Just being able to kind of take a weight off their shoulders a little bit, just is really rewarding,” Allen said.Students have the opportunity to work in all areas of the hospital, including the intensive care unit, the emergency room, and even the COVID-19 unit.”It is a really fulfilling job. I walked out and I was smiling and I didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect to feel that fulfillment and joy at the end of the shift, but I really did,” student Allyson Daniels said.Bobbie Morris, director of nursing at Mercy NWA, said the students bring positivity to a team who have been through so much during the COVID-19 pandemic.”They see somebody coming in that’s eager, that wants to learn, that wants to continue to be interested and thrive, when, you know, COVID burned some people out and we’ve had people leave the profession. These students coming in are really a bright face and remind people why they went into nursing or health care in general,” Morris said.Even though they’re young, Shanna Workman, the students’ instructor at Bentonville Ignite, said the students are making a difference in the community for patients and health care workers.”They’re professional, they’re prepared. They know how to take care of people. They’re empathetic. They have the skill base and the knowledge that’s needed, and they’re ready to go out and make a difference,” Workman said.
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Some Bentonville High School students are helping out at Mercy Hospital Northwest when hospitals need help the most.
All of the students have their CNA certifications and work through Bentonville Schools’ Ignite Professional Studies program.
Students like Blaklie Allen have been working 12-hour shifts on the weekends, getting real world experience in different areas of the hospital.
“It’s really nice to know that you can help these people who helped you before, because they are struggling so much, being understaffed and everything. Just being able to kind of take a weight off their shoulders a little bit, just is really rewarding,” Allen said.
Students have the opportunity to work in all areas of the hospital, including the intensive care unit, the emergency room, and even the COVID-19 unit.
“It is a really fulfilling job. I walked out and I was smiling and I didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect to feel that fulfillment and joy at the end of the shift, but I really did,” student Allyson Daniels said.
Bobbie Morris, director of nursing at Mercy NWA, said the students bring positivity to a team who have been through so much during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“They see somebody coming in that’s eager, that wants to learn, that wants to continue to be interested and thrive, when, you know, COVID burned some people out and we’ve had people leave the profession. These students coming in are really a bright face and remind people why they went into nursing or health care in general,” Morris said.
Even though they’re young, Shanna Workman, the students’ instructor at Bentonville Ignite, said the students are making a difference in the community for patients and health care workers.
“They’re professional, they’re prepared. They know how to take care of people. They’re empathetic. They have the skill base and the knowledge that’s needed, and they’re ready to go out and make a difference,” Workman said.
