Penn State Scranton nursing students and faculty have been actively volunteering in the community during the pandemic, working at a number of local flu and Covid-19 vaccination clinics, as well as doing other forms of community outreach, such as visiting residents in local nursing homes to spread good will and cheer during these challenging times.
Penn State nursing students pose for a photo with nursing instructor Mary Beth Mecca, second from left, at a recent vaccination clinic held at North Pocono High School by Hometown Healthcare of NEPA, a local company run by campus nursing alumna Allyson Favuzza, left, and graduating nursing student Kellen Kraky.
Four Penn State Scranton senior nursing students -- Chelsea DeGrazia, Brittany Hebron, Carissa Lozinger and Summer Czekaj -- volunteered at a recent vaccine clinic at the Throop Civic Center, organized by Medicap Pharmacy in Olyphant.
The Penn State Scranton Student Nurses Association (SNA) delivered care packages and handwritten messages to the residents at Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center prior to the Easter holiday. SNA students making the delivery included Hannah Tolerico and Stacey Pusti. The club organized and collected activity and crafting items, hygiene products, and word puzzle books, along with uplifting handwritten messages by Penn State Scranton nursing students.
The Penn State Scranton Student Nurses Association (SNA) delivered care packages and handwritten messages to the residents at Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center prior to the Easter holiday. SNA students making the delivery included Hannah Tolerico and Stacey Pusti. The club organized and collected activity and crafting items, hygiene products, and word puzzle books, along with uplifting handwritten messages by Penn State Scranton nursing students.
Penn State Scranton alumna Allyson Favuzza, left, and graduating nursing student Kellen Kraky are the co-owners of Covington Twp.-based primary care practice Hometown Health Care of NEPA. Recently, the two have been coordinating a series of COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics, all of which have included student and faculty volunteers from the campus nursing program.
During the fall semester, the nursing majors held a walk-up flu vaccine clinic for their fellow campus students, and participated in several community events, among them Regional Hospital of Scranton’s Flu Kickoff Campaign. Here, nursing student Drashti Patel sterilizes the spot on Avani Patel's arm, prior to giving her the vaccine.