It was announced at the start of this week that Kentucky Christian University’s Yancey School of Nursing became the most recent recipient of a generous $40,260 grant from The King’s Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky, Inc. This award builds on the Foundation’s significant support in 2023, which enabled the purchase of two state-of-the-art high-fidelity simulation manikins, one of which will be used to train for the care of infants and the other for school aged children.
The newly awarded funds will be used to further enhance the Yancey School of Nursing’s simulation-based education by constructing and equipping a fully immersive neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit (NICU/PICU) suite specifically designed for these advanced manikins. This new facility will allow nursing students to engage in realistic, hands-on training scenarios, bridging the gap between classroom learning and clinical practice.
Simulation plays a critical role in preparing students for successful careers in healthcare. By replicating real-world clinical settings and scenarios, simulation provides a safe and controlled environment for students to practice psychomotor skills and apply critical knowledge required for making sound patient care decisions. According to research from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), simulation-based training significantly improves students’ clinical judgment and increases first-time pass rates on the NCLEX-RN exam.
Kentucky Christian University remains committed to delivering innovative and effective nursing education that equips graduates with the skills and confidence to excel in their profession. This grant marks another significant step forward in achieving that mission.
For more information about the Yancey School of Nursing and its programs, visit www.kcu.edu/nursing.
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Today is the last day to get involved with this year’s Christmas for the Fishes program brought to you by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. This program collected natural Christmas trees and recycles them to make underwater fish habitats from the used evergreens.
For the 2024-25 season the Fish and Wildlife department will be accepting the trees at 33 drop-off locations across the state which locally can be found at the Grayson Lake USACE Emergency Spillway on the west side of Launch Ramp Road near the USACE office. Another location is available in neighboring Rowan County at the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery at 120 Fish Hatchery Road in Morehead. Donations will be accepted through the deadline date of Wednesday, January 15th.
Please note that tress should be real, not artificial, and should be free of lights, garland and decorations. Limbs, wreaths, brush or other plants will not be accepted. Fish thrive in an environment that is full of different types of cover including trees and logs. The donated trees will help restore woody structures in lakes that decay over time, providing protective cover and shade for a variety of fish species. Donated trees will be anchored to environmentally-friendly weights and submerged at various depths in different lakes and reservoirs across the state to provide places for fish to feed, shelter and spawn. They make great refuge and feeding habitat for game fish, as well as small fish and invertebrates that are crucial for a thriving ecosystem.
For more information about the Christmas tree recycling program or to find a drop-off location, visit the department’s website at fw.ky.gov. Alternatively, if you have questions about either of your local drop-off locations then please reach out to Tom TImmerman by calling 606-783-8650.
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Officials in charge of the Carter County Clean-Up campaign have announced that they will be on West end of Carter County this week – and will be open on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Dumpsters will be open at the maintenance garage located on US 60 where clean-up personnel will be on site to help you unload your garbage between the hours of 8am and 2:30pm.
The County Clean-Up has now extended their list of non-accepted items to include: refrigerators, deep freezers, or televisions that’s along with household garbage, paint, tires, and batteries – please note that none of these items will be collected. Also remember that all garbage must also be bagged or boxed with no loose items being collected on site. The County Clean-Up campaign works on a rotating schedule and alternate between the East and West end of our county on a bi-weekly basis. After their stay this week it has been announced that dumpsters will be returning to the Maintenance Garage in Grayson on the dates of January 22nd through the 24th.
Once again dumpsters will be open today through Friday of this week on the West end of the county between the hours of 8am and 2:30pm.