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RealMom Simulations Offer Enhanced Training for Nursing Students RealMom mother and baby manikins from Real Operative have been added to the core of resources available to Holy Family University Nursing students. Featuring lifelike skin and tissue and an all-natural active birth canal, RealMom delivers a realistic birthing experience, providing learners and practitioners at Holy Family University with a truePictured (left to right) are members of the Newtown faculty, Simulation Laboratory to-life learning environment Coordinator Joeann Hall ’86, MSN, RN; to train and prepare for any Jinsy Mathew DNP, MSN, RN; Monica eventuality or emergency in the Drayton MSN, RN, CRNP; and Gina labor and delivery room. The Gordon ’10, MSN, RN. manikins were made possible through an $80,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust and funding from the CARES Act. University Receives Additional Multimodal Grant from PennDOT for Transportation Improvements Holy Family University received a second multimodal grant to support pedestrian and vehicle safety around the perimeter of the Philadelphia campus. The grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for $559,448 will be combined with an earlier grant for $868,000 from the Multimodal Transportation Fund Program. “We are grateful to both State Representative Michael Driscoll and State Senator John Sabatina for their ongoing support,” said University President Sister Maureen McGarrity, CSFN, PhD. “They both understand what these two grants mean to the Holy Family community and beyond.” The University was the only non-profit in the state and one of only two private institutions to receive the grant from PennDOT. “It’s crucial for us to work with our community partners, like Holy Family University,
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