For steady care and pandemic bravery, a hat tip to nurses
American Association of Colleges of Nursing includes Norwich images in video marking National Nurses Week
As President Dr. Mark Anarumo has said, nurses played a big role in helping Norwich mitigate the coronavirus pandemic during academic year 2020-21. Nursing staff and students, directed by Nursing Director Paulette Thabault and Center for Civic Engagement Director Nicole DiDomenico, kept the Plumley Armory COVID-19 testing center running, administering more than 28,000 tests in the spring semester alone.
The American Nurses Association and American Association of Colleges of Nursing are hailing nurses with National Nurses Day, which was Thursday, and National Nurses Week, which runs through May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. (Nightingale (1820-1910) transformed nursing by setting hospital sanitation standards, establishing a laundry to get patients clean linens and creating an “invalid’s kitchen” to
Paulette Thabault
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Paulette Thabault, DNP, APRN, JD, FAANP, is a professor and director for the School of Nursing at Norwich University.
As an adult nurse practitioner, she also practices at Goodhealth, an internal medicine practice within the Community Health Center of Burlington practices in South Burlington, Vt., where she cares for patients with a focus on the treatment of obesity and related chronic diseases. She has lectured in healthcare leadership and policy at the University of Vermont and Northeastern University and has consulted on patient-centered and clinical excellence practice innovations. These include establishing an Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Obesity program, developing a nurse practitioner residency program for retail health in collaboration with Northeastern University, consulting on Patient Centered Medical Home transformations, wellness initiatives and o
All roads, virtual though they’ve sometimes been this year, have led here.
Commencement, Joint Commissioning and the White Coat Ceremony lie ahead this week, a trio of rites capping the 2020-21 academic year. Norwich University adapted to the coronavirus pandemic and went about its business, led by Dr. Mark Anarumo in his first year as president.
A pair of distinguished military speakers will deliver remarks for the Commencement, which will run at 9 a.m. and noon at Shapiro Fieldhouse and Kreitzberg Arena and Joint Commissioning, which will run at 3 p.m. on Sabine Field at Haynes Family Stadium.
Commencement
Events for volunteers, accepted students, Corps of Cadets regimental commander change highlight campus calendar
Norwich University will spotlight its present its service tradition and its future incoming students in the semester and 2020-21 academic year’s next-to-last week,
National Volunteer Week began in 1974 and this week was heralded in a proclamation by the White House and President Joe Biden.
“By helping others, volunteers also help themselves. They learn new skills, expand their professional networks, connect with neighbors, and experience the satisfaction that comes from serving a larger cause.”
U.S. President Joe Biden
“We are living in a moment that calls for hope and light and love hope for our futures, light to see our way forward, and love for one another,” Biden’s proclamation read. “Volunteers provide all three. … This week, we recognize the enduring contributions of our Nation’s volunteers and encourage more Americans to join their ra
Pandemic management pays off, president says
Therapy dogs, curling coming for the weekend; dining options to increase
Progress against the coronavirus has been dramatic and steady, Norwich President Mark C. Anarumo said Thursday. An on-campus COVID-19-positive case count that had been 65 on Jan. 27 and 42 on Feb. 8 was down to five. Ten people were isolated in quarantine on campus as of Thursday, down from 91 on Feb. 5.
Mask wearing, physical distancing and handwashing is paying off, Anarumo said in his Update from the Hill video. Anarumo said Norwich had administered 11,249 COVID-19 tests since January, a number he called remarkable. He lauded Career and Internship Center Director Nicole DiDomenico, who’s been running the Plumley Armory testing center, Nursing Director Paulette Thabault, who’s led the testing, and the many volunteers who’ve helped them.