Welcome to the JoAnne Gay
Dishman Department
of Nursing
The Nightingale Experience
The Nightingale Experience is a two-day event in June of each year for high school students who are interested in nursing as a career choice. Current nursing students, nursing faculty, and hospital staff introduce the high school participants to the nursing profession by planning a variety of fun, educational, hands-on nursing experiences. Participants are able to participate in simulated hands-on nursing skills in hospital settings such as the emergency department, the intensive care unit, labor & delivery, and the nursery.
High school participants spend the night at Cardinal Village Dormitory on the Lamar University campus with supervision provided by nursing faculty and current nursing students.
For more information, contact:
Gina Hale, MSN, RN, CNE
Nightingale Experience Project Manager
409-880-8835
gina.hale@lamar.edu
