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THE OPTIMIST
VOL. 100. NO. 6 WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14,2011 1 SECTION. 8 PAGES
DANIEL GOMEZ CHEF PHOTOGRAPHER
Fairgoers, Jessica Rodkey, senior accounting major from Helotes,-and Brittany Polnisch, junior art major from Baytown, fly through the blue sky
on a ride at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo.
CHAPEL
University tailors nursing school
ACU’s new School of
Nursing will move into the
former home of Abilene
Educational Supply on
Campus Court across from
the Administration Build-
ing by the fall of 2013. The
about 10,000-square-foot
space was gutted over the
summer to make room
for new construction and
eventually the program.
To lead development
of the new program, Su-
san Kehl has moved from
the Patty Hanks Shelton
School of Nursing and has
begun writing the curricu-
lum. While the university
is still working to hire all
the needed faculty mem-
bers and complete the fa-
cility, this year’s freshmen
will be the maiden class of
the School of Nursing.
The juniors and seniors
who make up the nurs-
ing program can expect
two or three classrooms,
each able to handle 50
students, office space for
the faculty and clinical
adjuncts, two simulation
labs and a commons area
for students, Kehl said.
"I’m working with con-
sultants and •advanced
practice nurses,” Kehl
said. “It’s a collabora-
tive effort and we want to
end up with an excellent
product for our studehts.
I Want it to be designed so
it is efficient and condu-
cive to student learning.”
The School of Nursing
will start out with two or
three full-time faculty and
a few clinical adjuncts,
Kehl said. The clinical
adjuncts are necessary to
satisfy the Texas Nursing
Board’s requirement that
one faculty member su-
pervise every 10 students
during clinical work.
Students will care for
patients in a variety of
situations under faculty
supervision during clini-
cals. Specific locations
are not yet set, but will in-
clude hospitals, the pub-
lic health department,
school settings, nursing
homes and clinics.
“Students are exposed
to nursing practices in all
types of health care set-
tings before graduation,”
Kehl said.
Before students begin
caring for the ailing during
their clinicals, they will be
introduced to patient care
theory and practice in the
nursing simulation lab.
Simulation labs will
be similar to actual hos-
pital units with manne-
quins instead of patients.
Students will learn using
mannequins varying from
low to high fidelity. High
fidelity mannequins are
programmed to provide
physiological responses
such as changes in' vi-
tal signs, pupil size, lung
sounds and abdominal
SEE NURSING PAGE 4
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victim’s"
/
condition
■
Family and friends of the
21-year-old Hardin-Sim-
mons University student
shot in the head last week
by a tenant at the Mesquite
Square apartment complex
say they have been amazed
at his rapid recovery since
the incident.
After spending several
days in a coma at Hen-
drick Medical Center, Ja-
cob Allen was alert and
in fair condition Tuesday
and may be released as
soon as Thursday.
“He’s really been im-
proving,” said his wife,
Jessica Allen, an ACU ju-
nior early education ma-
jor also from Brownwood.
“It’s incredible.”
Allen, a senior HSU
business major from
Brownwood, was working
in the Mesquite Square
apartment complex office
around 5 p.m., according to
police and media reports,
when John Lee, a 73-year-
old resident at the apart-
ment complex, entered
wielding a .38 caliber gun.
When Lee began shoot-
ing at Allen, striking him
one in the temple, Allen’s
co-worker, Joshua Steed,
struck Lee with a chair, dis-
abling him, and subdued
him until police arrived.
Allen and Lee were tak-
en to Hendrick, where Lee
later died from blunt force
trauma to the head, ac-
cording to preliminary au-
topsy reports.
Police and family are
unsure of the motive for
the attack, but Ryan Lynn,
an ACU alumnus and close
friend of the Allens, said
Lee had been displaying
sporadic behavior and
making unusual com-
plaints to the management
office in the weeks leading
up to the shooting.
“A few days before
the shooting, he’d made
amends with management
and showed gratitude
when they fixed his air con-
ditioning unit,” said Lynn.
“Then he came out of no-
where and attacked Jacob.
It could’ve been dementia
or Alzheimer’s - no one re-
ally knows.”
Allen is expected to be
released within the week,
Lynn said, possibly as soon
as Thursday. After the con-
dition he’d been in when he
first arrived in the intensive
care unit, his improvement
has been “nothing short of
a miracle,” his friend said.
“The outlook was not
good when he first got
here, Lynn said. “He was
in a coma for about four
days. In fact, a couple days
ago he came down with
pneumonia. But he’s doing
great now.”
Allen was awake, respon-
sive and even showed a hu-
morous outlook at the atten-
tion he’s been getting from
newspapers. He did have
one complaint, though.
“All the newspapers
have been getting my age
wrong,” Jacob Allen said.
“I’m 21.”
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