HUNTER, N.D. — Some local high school students can now get a head start on a health career before graduating.
Through a new health sciences classroom, with support from Essentia Health, 62 students will be learning lessons such as the fundamentals of nursing, prevention care and even what it takes to be a pharmacy technician.
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The students work with dummy patients throughout the class, named Bobby Jo and Billy Jo.
The courses will allow the students to become certified nurse aides if they pass.
“They think, health care, OK, I got to be a nurse, I got to be a doctor … they don’t get the whole ‘Here’s what else you can do,’” said Northern Cass Superintendent Terry Baesler. “There’s tech jobs out there. There’s, you know, behind the scenes, there’s HR (human resources) jobs out there. And I think having that tied in … that is fantastic.”
