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JULY 3, 2007
VOLUME 4, No. 11
Saving lives, in practice By Sanam Leidelmeijer Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
CSUF’s new Nursing Simulation Center will be up and running come Fall 2007. Barb Doyer, CSUF’s nursing education coordinator, said she is excited about the new center and that it will help nursing students integrate what they are learning into real-life situations. “I wanted to create a place for students where they can learn and be safe,” Doyer said. Being built where the old men’s locker room in the Kinesiology building were, the center will have several rooms that nursing students will use to progress their learning experience, Doyer said. There will be an exam room, a conference room, a 30-seat classroom, a labor and delivery room and a room for all the mannequins, she said. The university ordered 10 mannequins: eight adults, one child and one baby. These mannequins are designed for nursing students to practice on, she said. Nursing students will be able to give them shots, hook them up to IVs, hear their heartbeats and give them the overall patient care that a real human being would need, Doyer said. Doyer said she can stand behind the one-way mirror they are building in the center and manually control one of the mannequins. “I can make the mannequin react to the treatment the student gives it,” she said.
The center is the nursing center’s newest development since the reintegration of the nursing program for students with no prior nursing experience. Doyer said this program will allow students to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 4 years, or a Master of Science in Nursing in 3 years. Former CSUF student Christine Taylor, 24, is excited about the new program. “I came to Fullerton wanting to be a nursing student,” Taylor said. “But the program was too difficult for me to get into. All the prerequisites that I needed to take were booked up for two years.” Taylor said she left CSUF to attend a community college for a couple of years. And although she is no longer pursuing a nursing degree, she is excited about the new opportunities that CSUF is offering its nursing students. “I have a lot of friends who want to get their Bachelors in Nursing,” she said. “Now that Fullerton has a new and improved program, hopefully they will be able to get accepted into it.” Registered Nurse Joanne Macapinlac completed her nursing degree at Linfield College in Oregon. “This new center that CSUF is building sounds awesome,” Macapinlac said. “I wish our college had something similar. It would have made learning so much more fun.” Doyer said the center will have a showcase on Sept. 15, for the university’s 50th anniversary. “I want everyone to come and see it,” she said. “Not just nursing students.”
To wed in summer By daniel suzuki/For the Summer Titan
Fire near school damages home Orange County Fire Authority firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze Monday. The fire broke out on the 2500 block of Hansen Avenue, about two blocks south of Cal State Fullerton, damaging a home and parts of another home’s yard were damaged. Also, a transformer exploded after the flames leaped onto an electricity pole. A paramedic and five fire engines
responded to the fire call. “We heard popping come out and saw a big plume of black smoke and flames,” said Joey Vargas, who lives across Commonwealth Avenue from the fire. “It sounded like fireworks.” Other neighbors also guessed the cause was fireworks. “There were probably seven explosions,” said Linda Chang, an electrician for Cal State Fullerton.
Her rear fence was partially damaged by the fire. Fire crews entered several homes after embers from the transformer fire ignited a small blaze on the roof of the home. There were no injuries. For safety tips on preventing and reacting to fires, see story on page 5.
By aline lessner/For the Summer Titan
June Union - John and Holly Peterson tied the knot Saturday at the Fullerton Arboretum. The Arboretum hosts several weddings every year, sometimes even holding two in one day. For more, see the back page.
Today
Welcome to college
‘pirates’ promotion
New student orientation helps give some A CSUF graduate student wins an award direction to new Titans Page 5 for his version of a movie poster Page 4
Thursday
an american imprisonment
A student shares his experiences moving to this country – including his detainment