Nursing Spotlights - Mount Aloysius College

Focusing on Veteran Patients

Dr. Julie Decker is teaching nurses how to provide compassionate care for veterans in a hospital setting. She co-authored a chapter in the book Veteran-centered Care in Education and Practice: An Essential Guide for Nursing Faculty, which focuses on educating nurses on understanding why and how veteran patients may need specialized care due to trauma, exposure, and other factors relating to their military service. The book has received two awards. The Sigma Theta Tau 2021 [...]

CommWorker2022-03-08T15:50:21-05:00March 8th, 2022|

Nurse Kinsey is Ready for Liftoff

When a patient is air transported to a hospital, Kinsey Cutchall, ‘13, is there to provide the urgent care they need during the flight. Flight nurses like Kinsey are highly trained to provide life-saving medical services to all her patients. They are there to assist patients during pre-flight and during transport, helping to ease pain and treat conditions on the way to the hospital. Even before she graduated from Mount Aloysius with her associate’s degree, [...]

CommWorker2020-05-05T13:49:04-04:00May 4th, 2020|

Solid Foundation Helps Nurse Achieve Goals

As a medical oncology nurse practitioner, Katie Fisher, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, ‘13, is tasked with helping patients during their cancer treatments. From helping to manage pain, to assisting patients with daily needs, a medical oncology nurse practitioner is on staff to provide patients with the care they need. Katie received her bachelor of science in nursing from Mount Aloysius College before going on to obtain a doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of [...]

CommWorker2020-05-09T12:18:38-04:00May 4th, 2020|

Combining Improv & Nursing

The improvised simulation performance allows both theater and nursing students an opportunity to do what they love and learn at the same time. Courses are held in the new Nursing Simulation Center which is a four-room unit modeled after a real nursing wing. Nursing students use a cutting-edge simulation lab to hone their skills before stepping into hospitals as nurses. Theater students act out family members and patients. This allows them to do what [...]

CommWorker2020-05-06T15:04:55-04:00November 25th, 2019|

Mountie Hospitality Around the World

Cynthia earned her BSN from the Mount and now lives in Largo, Florida and works as a Neurological Intensive Care Unit Nurse at Largo Medical Center. She was a student-athlete while managing being a full-time nursing student. Cynthia made the most of her time at MAC; she gained an international perspective by studying abroad her Junior year in Italy and fine tuned her leadership expertise through her role as an RA and her full-time job [...]

CommWorker2022-01-26T14:40:39-05:00November 19th, 2019|