Piedmont University was one of only 14 colleges in the nation to participate in trainings hosted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last month. “Our students gained invaluable skills during this training,” said Dr. Jaime Johnson-Huff, associate dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, who accompanied the students to the training in…
The focus was on interprofessional collaboration during Piedmont University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences annual seminar day on Jan. 17. Seniors studying all majors within the college from both campuses gathered in Stewart Auditorium in Demorest for the day’s event. The seniors became teachers for the day by sharing skills from their respective disciplines…
Jaime Johnson-Huff, whose two greatest passions in life are nursing and teaching, will become director of Piedmont University’s nursing program effective Dec. 12. “Dr. Johnson-Huff has been part of the nursing program at Piedmont for over 15 years. She is a wealth of knowledge, a consummate professional, and a full-hearted educator. She has demonstrated…
Before becoming a Piedmont student, Marcus Buffington was a nationally certified pharmacy technician for CVS for eight years. After that, he took his pharmacological skills to the emergency department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Buffington was something of a detective in the ER, tracking down a patient’s medications when it appeared they might…
A birthday surprise for one student in Georgia turned into a months-long adventure in Alaska for another. It all started with connections made through Piedmont University’s private Facebook group for parents and families. It was January, and Piedmont University student Lance James had a birthday coming up. It was his first so far away from…
Piedmont University is constructing a new nursing skills lab that will be complete with hospital beds provided by longtime partner Habersham Medical Center. The lab will be located on the first floor of Daniel Hall on Piedmont’s Demorest campus. “We are thrilled to make this space available for our Nursing students. This lab will be…
Three Piedmont University Nursing students have secured summer externships at some of the nation’s most prestigious hospitals. Externships are training programs that nursing students complete between their third and fourth years of study. Students apply and must be accepted to externship programs. This year’s summer externships include: Abigail Judge, Cleveland Clinic; Summer Plachinski, Johns Hopkins Hospital;…
Two soon-to-be Piedmont University Nursing graduates know where they’ll be working after they receive their degrees — and for both, their new jobs perfectly fit the lives they envision for themselves. “Piedmont’s rigorous nursing program is designed to produce highly qualified, highly sought-after graduates who are prepared to deliver the very best in patient care,”…
Piedmont University’s annual disaster drill, an elaborate, interdisciplinary training exercise that allows students to collaborate with local public safety agencies, will take place March 23. The scenario: Suspicious packages, possibly bombs, placed on the Demorest campus. “The disaster drill has grown tremendously in size, scope and realism over the past few years,” said Karen Greilich,…
A few years ago, Piedmont Athens student Trent Parks had a surgery, became ill, and missed several weeks of school. He fully recovered, but his ordeal forever changed the course of his life. Now, Parks is studying nursing at Piedmont University’s Athens campus. “Because of the nurses who helped me, I knew there was always…