Clinicals provide experience for nursing majors

Junior Brenda Justice described the clinicals as "a complete assessment ofthe patient. We give baths, take vital signs, give shots, medication. We do everything!"

Clinicals are not like the classroom because they're actuaUycaringforpatients. Someone's life is actually in their hands. Nursing students have had matic experience:"I was washing a man's injured finger and it fell off," she said.

Rachel Ardrey explained one of the more difficult cases she had: "I remember when I cared for a cancer patient who was just 30 years old. I knew he was going to die."

JUNIORS CYNTHIA HARMOND and Lisa Lesliereview medicationdosages before administering them to patientsduring theirbiweekly clinicals,

"The thing that makes me most proud is our nurses'testimonies at the hospital," Rutherford said.

By Angela Barrett

Nearly all seniors seniors in LU's business program, with the exception of accounting students, are required to take Business Policy (BUSI 400). This class allows students to gain practical experience for the business world.

Each year the class "takes over" a company and goes through three years worth of "decisions" in their company before preparing a fiveyear strategic plan. Some typical decisions made in the class include deciding on price rates, selling stock, establishing ofthe class to students is that it offers "a realworld transition