The Auburn University nursing students will host the Auburn University Health Fair on the front lawn of Miller Hall next week on Saturday, Sept. 18. This event will be held the morning of the Clemson game, and since the game is at 6 p.m. the health fair will take place early in the day while tailgaters are on campus. Nursing students will be conducting the health screenings in the morning and finish in the afternoon, but exact times are to be announced.

This event is open to the public, and the nursing students will be checking patients’ blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol levels and weight. Because the event is happening on campus the morning of a football game, tailgaters are welcome to stop by and receive the health screening even while preparing for the game.

This is an opportunity for nursing students to practice what they are learning while also benefiting the community through free health screenings. Although the nursing students participate in their clinicals in hospitals in the Auburn and Opelika area, they still enjoy getting all of the experience that they can before graduating.

Courtney Doyle is a senior in her second year at Auburn’s nursing school.

“Auburn’s nursing school is really great about teaching us the importance of community outreach," Doyle said. "Our visits to Auburn housing authority and our community teaching projects teach us how to care for those who don’t know how to or where to get treatment."

Nursing school students participate in various outreach opportunities in the Auburn community. This past Christmas, the Auburn University School of Nursing SGA, along with students in the chronic illnesses in children class, participated in the Salvation Army's Angel tree project. The students and faculty provided toys, clothes and bikes for 50 children in the Auburn area. The Auburn University Health Fair is another event that the nursing school hosts that helps the public.

“It will be our job in the future to help prevent health problems down the road and that job starts now,” Doyle said.


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