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Each semester, our Community Health students spend a significant amount of time in the community, making a difference every day. Watch for news about the Community Health Clinical Fair held each semester and make plans to attend! Following are just a few of the programs and projects in which our students are involved.

Baptist Trinity Home Care

Baptist Trinity provides nursing services to patients who are not ill enough to be in the hospital but still require skilled nursing care.  Our nursing students were able to spend time with home care nurses and learn about the role and function of home care nurses in providing professional nursing in patients own homes, and go out on patient visits.

CPR/AED Awareness classes for Shelby County Employees

The Assisi Foundation received a grant to place Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) in all Shelby County buildings.  As part of this grant, our students were asked to develop and then present classes for the Shelby County Employees which is an awareness course that provides awareness of how to deal with choking, when and how to perform CPR, and when and how to use the AED.

Educational presentations for school age kids through the Grizzlies Foundation

 One of functions of the Grizzlies Charitable Foundation is to foster collaboration among organizations for the most effective delivery of opportunities to urban youth through mentoring, sports and education programs.  Through the Foundation our nursing students have provided several educational sessions to middle school age children on topics such as, “How to Say No to Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco” and “Health Professions”.

Methodist Alliance Home Care and Hospice

Methodist Alliance provides professional nursing services to patients who are not ill enough to be in the hospital but still require skilled nursing services.  They also provide Hospice services to patients and their families.  Our nursing students were able to spend time with home care and hospice nurses and learn about the role and functions of each, and go out on patient visits.

Crossroads Hospice

Crossroads Hospice provides quality hospice care through comfort, dignity and understanding, to patients and their families, in their homes, hospital, long-term care facility, or where ever they reside.  Our nursing students spent time with hospice nurses learning about their role and functions, and going on patient visits.   

Memphis Union Mission

Memphis Union Mission ministers to the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of men who are homeless, addicted, and in crisis. Our nursing students provided blood pressure and eye screenings and volunteered to serve lunch to the men.

DeNeuville Learning Center

DeNeuville Learning Center is a program run by Catholic Charities whose mission is to assist women of all backgrounds and cultures in learning the skills needed to make positive choices for themselves and their families. Many of the women are working toward achieving their GED’s. Our nursing students were invited to present health teaching on various topics for the women.

Blood Pressure Screenings with the U of M Student Health Center

Working with the U of M Student Health Center, our nursing students set up in various locations on campus and provided blood pressure screenings and educational information to students, faculty, and staff.

St. Luke's Church Health Fair

Students were invited to participate in the St. Luke’s Church Health Fair. Students provided blood pressure and glucose screenings and education.