{"id":5735,"date":"2026-03-27T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:27:47","slug":"ssc-nursing-students-puts-skills-to-the-test-in-rural-hospital-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-nursing-students-puts-skills-to-the-test-in-rural-hospital-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Nursing Students Puts Skills to the Test in Rural Hospital Drill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, several Seminole State College nursing students are shown in action as they participate in a simulation training event.\" class=\"wp-image-5736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital-788x563.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rural-Hospital.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seminole State College nursing students participated in a simulation training event on March 25, working through a rural hospital scenario in which patients overwhelmed the facility and staff had to make rapid decisions with limited personnel and resources. The exercise included emergency room triage and patient transfers to medical-surgical, intensive care unit, obstetrics\/pediatrics, helicopter transport or discharge home, challenging students to quickly assess each patient\u2019s condition and determine the highest priority for care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Assistant Professor of Nursing Butch Cantrell, assists several Seminole State College nursing students during a simulation training event on March 25. \" class=\"wp-image-5737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell-788x563.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cantrell.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SSC seniors in the Leadership class managed the rural hospital drill organized by Assistant Professor of Nursing Butch Cantrell, giving students a culminating opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have developed throughout the program. The exercise challenged participants to draw on classroom learning and use critical thinking in real time, helping prepare them for the demands of their future nursing careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College nursing students participated in a simulation training event on March 25, working through a rural hospital scenario in which patients overwhelmed the facility and staff had to make rapid decisions with limited personnel and resources. The exercise included emergency room triage and patient transfers to medical-surgical, intensive care unit, obstetrics\/pediatrics, helicopter transport &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-nursing-students-puts-skills-to-the-test-in-rural-hospital-drill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Nursing Students Puts Skills to the Test in Rural Hospital Drill<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,87],"tags":[197,82],"class_list":["post-5735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-news","tag-march-2026","tag-nursing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5735\/revisions\/5738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}