Nursing students at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester help administer about 100 COVID-19 vaccines
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
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Eight Quinsigamond Community College practical nursing students and their instructors helped administer about 100 COVID-19 vaccines last week.
The students, professor of Nurse Education Margaret Yoder and faculty member Christian Ilustre worked with more than a dozen Harrington Hospital nurses at the Southbridge Armory on Friday. The vaccinations were provided to doctors, nurses and other frontline workers at Harrington Healthcare and Harrington Physician Services, the school said.
“Our entire college community feels tremendous pride knowing our nursing students are playing such a vital role in our nation’s history,” QCC President Luis G. Pedraja said in a statement. “So many of our students are frontline workers who are essential to the safety and well-being of our community. They emulate what it means t