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Bob Bell & Nursing Education In 2021

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Bob Bell sits down with Dr. Melissa Geist, Professor of Nursing at Tennessee Tech University. They discuss her background and what brought her to TTU, the various degrees available to students at the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing, the use of simulators in training students, as well as her areas of research at the school.

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25 May 2021 10AM English United States Society & Culture · Education George Halford, Jeremy Wendt, Tiffany Anton, Jennifer Mabry, Ben Rodgers

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