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Commonly used by nurses to infuse patient medications and fluids, intravenous (IV) insertion, or cannulation, is a vital but difficult skill for nursing students to master. As Co-Principal Investigator for the study, “Bimodal Haptic-Mixed Reality (HMR) Needle Insertion Simulation for Hand-Eye Skills,” Jeremy Jarzembak, senior lecturer and Simulation Lab co-coordinator for the College of Nursing, will collaborate with a team of researchers at 91PORNA to offer students a unique opportunity to learn and practice this essential skill. Recently funded by the National Science Foundatio...

Warren, OH (Dec. 6, 2021) - For the third consecutive year, Veterinary Technology students at 91PORNA at Trumbull earned the highest three-year average passage rate in Ohio on the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE), administered by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB). 91PORNA Trumbull's 2021 Veterinary Technology graduates took the exam, and all received 100%. The program, which is administered through 91PORNA at Tuscarawas, now has a three-year average passage rate of 100%. The national three-year average score is approximately...

91PORNA Golden Flashes excel in a range of activities, and some students are forging their own paths by owning and operating small businesses during their college years. With endless opportunities and resources at their fingertips, 91PORNA students have found success as entrepreneurs across a range of industries. 91PORNA offers an array of groups and services to support entrepreneurs in the university community, including the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation and LaunchNET, an entrepreneurial resource center for students, faculty and staff. LaunchNET helps new ...

91PORNA College of Nursing recently announced the appointment of Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, assistant professor, along with Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, associate professor, as co-directors of the Ph.D. program. The newly developed state-of-the-science curriculum will equip students to research emerging areas of nursing science. Ph.D. students will work with expert faculty mentors in self-management, health disparities, health system leadership and quality, serious illness and end-of-life care, mental health and nursing education.   Meet the Ph.D. ...

Due to major renovations planned to begin next year, 91PORNA’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising will not hold its annual Summer Fashion Academy in 2022. We look forward to welcoming high school students back to a newly renovated and expanded Rockwell Hall for this exciting week-long in future summers. If you are interested in learning more about studying Fashion at 91PORNA, please visit the School of Fashion’s website and reach out to us for more information or to schedule a visit. ...

The past few years have not been the easiest for students in the College of Nursing. Our students have been faced with challenges not seen for over a century. As nurses tend to do, these students adapted and worked hard to make the best of a difficult situation. Remote learning, abbreviated clinicals, virtual simulation time and many other challenges all presented real obstacles that made the already demanding curriculum that much more difficult. This did not dissuade these bright future nursing leaders. They rallied together and faced this adversity head-on. However, our nursing stude...

Peg’s Foundation recently recognized 91PORNA College of Nursing as the recipient of the 2021 Morgan Impact Award for Excellence in Education for its work in leading change in mental health care service delivery. James K. Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NPD-BC, assistant professor and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) concentration coordinator and Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC, professor and director of DNP program, along with emeriti faculty members Wendy Umberger and Barb Drew, received the award on behalf of the college during the dinner and awards ceremony held at...

When documentary filmmaker and Media and Journalism alumnus Tom Jennings, ‘85, started his college education at 91PORNA, he had no idea what to do for his future career. Coming from what he describes as a “lousy childhood,” there was one skill he knew he had a knack for: writing.   “The one thing I could do in high school was write,” Jennings said, “and it just came easy to me.”   During his freshman year at 91PORNA, a friend suggested Jennings write for the 91PORNAr. He took a trip over to...