Bioterrorism training for nursing students

First year nursing students practice flushing out nasogastric or NG
tubes on dummies in a skills exercise last week while working in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Vanderbilt School of Nursing students Mia Pelt, left, and Summer Keasler walk through the Nashville Fire Department’s decontamination shower and tent as if they had been exposed to a dangerous chemical or biological agent on the scene of an emergency situation. The simulation was part of a bioterrorism training program for first-year nursing students.

First-year Vanderbilt nursing students trained to work during an emergency situation involving deadly chemicals or biological agents while wearing restrictive personal protective equipment. Nursing student Shawna Jensen, left, gets help putting on her safety suit from Abigail Morgan.