PRCC unveils medical simulation lab
PRCC unveils medical simulation lab By Melissa Rademaker | April 21, 2021 at 6:29 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 7:18 PM
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Pearl River Community college unveiled its brand new medical simulation lab Wednesday. The lab and renovation were partially funded by CARES Act money.
$750,000 of CARES Act money paid for the medical equipment inside the Allied Health Simulation Lab at PRCC’s Hattiesburg campus.
“Medical was a big emphasis for this funding and, of course, we had a huge healthcare shortage when COVID hit. So we got to work and answered the call by writing this proposal for the simulation lab,” said PRCC Vice President Dr. Jana Causey, who wrote the grant.
Forrest General invests in PRCC nursing bridge program
Forrest General invests in PRCC Nursing Bridge Program By Melissa Rademaker | March 1, 2021 at 8:07 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 8:07 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Forrest General Hospital is investing $90,000 in a new nursing bridge program at Pearl River Community College. It will help licensed practical nurses become registered nurses.
“Nursing has been at a multi-million person shortage for years, but the pandemic really gave us a hard push for the need for nursing in the Pine Belt,” said Phyllis Chambers-Berry, chief nursing officer at Forrest General Hospital said.
The bridge program will help LPNs earn their full RN degree.