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What’s in a Badge?

By 2030, Texas is anticipating a shortage of 45,000 nurses — and is ranked as the state with the second largest shortage in the country, according to the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The School of Nursing is combating this statistic in creative ways — including a partnership with select service units of Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

The School of Nursing has invited both Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest in the Permian Basin and Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains in Lubbock to educational events for fourth and fifth grade Girl Scouts on the nursing profession. At the end of these events — which cover topics including CPR training, situational awareness, bullying, and personal hygiene — Girl Scouts earn the “TTUHSC & Me:

All that I can be!” badge.