Sharing a love of nursing with West Philadelphia high school students

High school students stood around mannequins in the simulation lab at the School of Nursing, some giggling at the anguished wails abruptly coming from one mannequin and others singing “Stayin’ Alive” as they performed chest compressions on a mannequin’s torso.

Two nurse practitioner (NP) students who use this space as part of their training, had just explained CPR to the five high schoolers listening attentively from swivel stools. Huh and Havens walked the students through the method of giving 30 chest compressions. CPR training was one of three hands-on activities for a group of 15 students from William L. Sayre High School, Paul Robeson High School, and Mastery Charter Shoemaker Campus, all University-Assisted Community Schools supported by Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships. The students were learning more about careers in nursing and other health care fields.  This was the first annual nursing simulation event for local high school students and the latest addition to the Educational Pipeline Program, a collaborative initiative facilitated by the Netter Center that exposes West Philadelphia youth to a variety of careers in medical fields.

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