Student nurses getting first hand experience giving the COVID-19 vaccine
The pandemic is providing hands-on learning experiences for nursing students in the Shoals By DeAndria Turner | January 21, 2021 at 6:25 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 6:27 PM
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (WAFF) - Nursing students in the Shoals are helping in the fight against COVID.
They’re also getting some valuable experience.
People 75 and older started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday here in Colbert County.
Nursing students at Northwest-Shoals Community College are helping give those vaccines.
On Thursday, several students helped to give more than 500 vaccines.
Nursing instructor, NiKki Thompson, said the partnership with Helen Keller Hospital gives students hands on experience.