{"id":1820,"date":"2013-02-21T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2013-02-21T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T21:09:42","slug":"nursing-students-and-faculty-volunteer-at-project-homeless-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2013\/02\/21\/nursing-students-and-faculty-volunteer-at-project-homeless-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy and Nursing students volunteer at Project Homeless Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1821\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NursingHomelessEvent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1821\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"NursingHomelessEvent\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NursingHomelessEvent-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NursingHomelessEvent-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NursingHomelessEvent-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NursingHomelessEvent.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nursing students assisted with health screenings provided by the Mental Health Cooperative.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Students and faculty from Belmont University College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing recently volunteered to assist with the fifth annual Project Homeless Connect.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 nursing students participated in the event, assisting with health screenings provided by the Mental Health Cooperative, a clinical partner of Belmont University School of Nursing.\u00a0 \u00a0Two adjunct faculty members, Joyce Alexander and Diane Maynard, also volunteered their time.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 25 pharmacy students volunteered through Belmont\u2019s chapters of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Academy of Student Pharmacists, providing blood pressure, heart rate and Body Mass Index screenings for 60 people.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Metropolitan Nashville Homelessness Commission, the one-day, one-stop event included access to a broad range of services, including medical and foot care, legal services, employment assistance, pet care, food, toiletries and more.\u00a0\u00a0 More than 5,100 people have been helped since Project Homeless Connect started in Nashville in 2008.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1830\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PHCVolunteers13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1830\" title=\"PHCVolunteers1\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PHCVolunteers13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PHCVolunteers13.jpg 540w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PHCVolunteers13-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pharmacy students provided blood pressure, heart rate and Body Mass Index screenings.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students and faculty from Belmont University College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing recently volunteered to assist with the fifth annual Project Homeless Connect. 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