November 21, 2003

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Tommy Adams, RN, with North Mississippi Medical Center’s Pain Management Center explains pain control devices to Whitney Atkins of Amory High School during NMMC’s third annual Nurse Expo held Nov. 14 at the Lee County Agricenter. Atkins is a student in the health cluster class taught by Jolayne Parchman. Exhibits featured information from area nursing schools and various NMMC nursing specialty units such as trauma, aeromedical services, surgery, oncology, pediatrics and neurology. Students also took advantage of educational sessions demonstrating how nurses use skills such as intubation, cardiac pacing, ventilation, chest tube insertion, surgical techniques and trauma care for patients. In light of a nationwide nursing shortage, local organizers hope Nurse Expo will encourage more individuals to consider a career in nursing.