Health science students fight effects of COVID-19 in U.S.
Pharmacy, dietetic and nursing students are all involved in fighting the pandemic and its results in Nashville and beyond.
Janel Shoun-Smith | 615.966.7078 |
From nurses serving as COVID relief staff to dietitians preparing food for the homeless and pharmacists working at the state's coronavirus information hotline, Lipscomb's health science students are stepping up to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Follow these links to see more on how Lipscomb's students are leading the way in health care and service during the current crisis:
- Nursing students work as relief staff at Vanderbilt University Medical Center this summer.
- Pharmacy students provided COVID-19 information to the public through the Tennessee Coronavirus Public Information Line.
- Lipscomb nursing alumni provide compassionate care across the nation during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Pharmacy faculty and alumni were part of a task force charged to turn the Music City Center into an emergency hospital.
- Dietetic interns were tapped by the Second Harvest Food Bank to help prepare meals for the homeless and the hungry during two weeks in April.
- PA students began their one-the-ground clinicals as the pandemic began to ramp up in Tennessee.
- College of Pharmacy is compounding hand sanitizer for public safety and on-campus communities