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Recruitment into Nursing Resource Manual
School-Age Youth (5-10 years old)
Focus:
Healthy living habits, with emphasis on what nurses do and
where.
Suggested Activities:
- The preschool activities work
for this age as well. The difference is length of attention
and a bit more understanding of the topic. School-age children
need active activities.
- The video tape from MLN
has been used successfully at this age group. It is a good
way to show nurses in action and spur conversation or questions
about where nurses work and what they do.
- Talk about where nurses work:
Schools, Doctor's Offices, Outpatient Areas, Hospitals,
Camps, Life Flights, Military, Travel Nurses, Cruise Ships,
Business Offices
- Talk about what nurses do?
Care for the sick, help those who are sick get better,
help people learn ways to stay healthy, teach about health
and illnesses, listen to your health questions, and help
protect you from unsafe situations
- Visit nursing websites such as NSNA
Ultimate Adventure, Discover
Nursing, HOTT, or
Occupational
Outlook Handbook for Registered Nurses to show aspects
of the nursing career.
- Ask for personal experiences - "Has someone had surgery?
What is surgery?" (A body part is not working right so
it needs to be fixed. The surgeon or doctor needs to cut open
the body to fix that part.) "If you were in the hospital
or clinic, this is the gown you might wear…"
- Talk about body parts:
Parts we can see:
Skin -- it covers us all over; protects our insides;
keeps out infection; helps keep our temperature right.
Eyes -- to see; vision; acts like a camera taking
photos and sending messages to the brain through the optic
nerve which organizes the messages into the world we see.
Some people use contacts and glasses to see. Some are blind
and use seeing eye dogs and Braille.
Nose -- smell; good and bad smell; breathe - tiny
hairs that help trap the dust and dirt in the air we breathe.
Mouth -- many uses; talk, eat, chew, smile, laugh,
breathe.
Tongue -- four taste buds: sweet, sour, salty and
bitter. Only these four make up the tastes we experience.
Teeth -- help chew our food and break into small
pieces to get the food ready for digestion.
Parts we can't see - let's look inside!
Larynx -- voice box; sound waves pass by the cords
of tissue to produce our voices.
Chest -- upper front of the body.
Sternum -- breast bone; runs down the middle of the
body. We can feel the large bone in the center of our chest.
- For all activities, give each child a certificate
Supplies:
Pictures of inside of body, model of insides, or dolls
Computer with internet connection
Nurse kits for play equipment
"You are a Nurse Helper" Certificates from MLN
Box of colorful Band-Aids
Stickers ("Future Nurses")
Dolls and stuffed animals
Surgical caps, masks and booties to dress up as nurses
Lab coat for the speaker to wear over their street clothes
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