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GlenOak High School Pathway Spotlight: Nursing Program Offers More For Less
GLENOAK HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAY SPOTLIGHT:
Nursing Program Offers More for Less
(L-R) Superintendent Brent May, Mrs. Fox, Ebonee Davis, Sarah Cook and Mrs. Keyser accept a certificate at RG Drage during the Northeast Ohio School Boards Association Spring Conference for participating in the OSBA Capital Conference Student Achievement Fair this fall.
GlenOak High School’s Advancement to Nursing Program is a cost-effective way for students to start a career in the health industry. Advancement to Nursing is one of the leading Health Science programs in Stark County. Juniors and seniors participate in an exceptional program that provides them with the knowledge, skills, credentials, and experiences to move into the Health Sciences and Nursing pathway after graduation.
Advancement to Nursing is a state approved career technical education program that incorporates Ohio Board of Nursing course standards, accreditations, and expectations of the nursing field. The program is taught by two instructors that are Master Prepared Registered Nurses: Gabrielle Keyser and Stephanie Fox. This team-teaching model allows for students to receive individual, small group, and large group instruction with performance-based assessments of learned technical nursing skills for Ohio Board of Nursing credentials. Designed course and lab work is supported by the standards of four courses in the Nursing Pathway: Nutrition and Wellness (Anatomy and Dietary), Patient Centered Care (Basic Nursing Skills), Medical Terminology (Collegiate Medical Language), and Patient Centered Care and Diagnostic (Advanced Nursing Skills, EKG, Interpretations, and Phlebotomy). Qualifying senior students also participate in the CCP/Nursing: Professional Role through our partnership with Aultman College of Nursing. The mastery of this course work and lab performance allows students to test and receive three national certifications: Patient Care Technician, EKG Technician, and Phlebotomy Technician. In addition to these national certifications, students receive their certificates in CPR/ AED, American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider, OSHA HealthCare Certification, American College of Surgeons - Stop the Bleed and Dietary Aides and Nursing Support Staff. We value real-world experiences and field work that lead our students to paid positions in our community in the healthcare profession or to a two or four year post-secondary college nursing program. This can only be accomplished with the strong collaborative partnerships that are developed here at GlenOak High School. Our nursing students work closely with our 9th grade GlenOak STEM program and have partnerships that include Aultman College of Nursing, Aultman Foundation, Aultman Hospital, Plain Local Fire Department, Cleveland Clinic, Plain Local School Nurses, Generations Women’s Health, and Echoing Ridge Residential Care Center.
Through these partnerships, students participate in hands-on learning and skill practice and development such as vision screening and handwashing practices for Plain Local Elementary Schools, simulated lab experiences at Aultman College of Nursing, assistance with GOHS athletic teams, vitals clinics at district events, ambulance ride along observations, Aultman Hospital clinical observations, to name a few.
Advancement to Nursing students are members in a global student-led organization, HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America)/ Future Health Professionals, whose mission is to promote career opportunities in the health industry and to enhance leadership skills. Our GlenOak chapter has attended leadership conferences and have competed at the regional, state, and national levels. We hold four state titles in the areas of Life Support Skills, Personal Care, and Pathophysiology and 4th place in the Nation for Life Support Skills, and have been awarded the Gold Emblem Distinction. This Distinction is awarded to chapters that go above and beyond HOSA requirements and incorporates all four pillars of the HOSA platforms that include: Leadership, Career Awareness, Collaboration, and Service.
We celebrate our Advancement to Nursing instructors and students. We are excited to see what the future holds for our students and program.
Did you know that GlenOak High School offers 15 Career and Technical programs right at home on our GlenOak campus?
To learn more about the Advancement to Nursing Program or any of the Career and Technical programs at GlenOak High School contact Career Tech Director, Leigh Anne Helson at helsonl@plainlocal.org.
