Two weeks after COVID-19 vaccines became available to all Georgians over 16 years of age, area nursing students are working hard to make sure their campuses and communities are protected against the COVID-19 virus.
By working with the Georgia Department of Health, both Piedmont University and North Georgia Technical College nursing students have volunteered their time to get shots in arms.
The Piedmont University R. H. Daniel School of Nursing and Health Sciences made an on-campus vaccine clinic possible for Piedmont faculty, staff and students Wednesday afternoon.
Nursing students and faculty administered the single-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to interested individuals at the Swanson Center on the university’s campus. According to Associate Vice President of Student Success Emily Pettit, around 100 students received their vaccinations at the clinic.
NGTC Associate of Science in Nursing and Paramedicine students have also worked to provide COVID-19 vaccines in their communities, working with the Department of Health to volunteer at area vaccine clinics. Junior and senior students, as well as their instructors, volunteered at vaccine sites in Habersham, Stephens, Rabun, Fannin and Hart Counties.
“We are very proud of our instructors and students volunteering their time and using their expertise to help our communities in this incredible time of need,” NGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Mindy Glander said in a press release from the college. “We truly are training heroes, and our college has been represented very well in our communities by these incredible students and faculty.”
