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(left to right): nursing students Rahael Little, of Patterson, NY; Skylar Delp, of Woodbury; Sylvester Yeboah, of Naugatuck; Melissa Burke, of Brookfield; Assistant Professor of Nursing Kimberlee-Ann Bridges; nursing student Natashia Johnson, of Waterbury (WCSU photographer Peggy Stewart)
DANBURY, CT Nursing students and faculty from Western Connecticut State University have joined the vaccination campaign this winter to arrest the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic by offering their support to the launch of vaccine administration programs organized by the Nuvance Health system and the Danbury Department of Public Health and Human Services.
WCSU nursing student Melissa Burke, of Brookfield, administers a Covid 19 vaccination at a Danbury Department of Public Health and Human Services clinic held in Danbury during January
WCSU nursing students and faculty join local Covid 19 vaccination efforts Written by WCSU
University partnership supports Nuvance Health and Danbury public health programs
Nursing students and faculty from Western Connecticut State University have joined the vaccination campaign this winter to arrest the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic by offering their support to the launch of vaccine administration programs organized by the Nuvance Health system and the Danbury Department of Public Health and Human Services.
The WCSU Department of Nursing responded swiftly to appeals from Nuvance and Danbury Public Health administrators for volunteer support as the organizations ramped up their programs to administer Covid 19 vaccinations to health care workers and other first responders, as well as to provide public education and follow-up services. Nursing Department Chair Dr. Jeanette Lupinacci said WCSU students have volunteered since December at four Nuvance locations including