UF College of Nursing in Grenada
Service Learning
Day 4:
The Grenadian Disabilities
Association
Entering the Grenadian Disabilities association
Nurse in training
At the Grenadian Disabilities Association, we sat down with Association members and learned more about their lives and about living in Grenada with a disability. We gave information on using assistive devices, discussed healthy eating and exercise, took blood pressures, checked blood glucose levels, and gave a presentation about breast cancer and self breast exams to the staff there.
Day 7:
Health Fair Downtown St. George's
Blood glucose check station
Breast Exam Buddies
The team with Trevor (our awesome driver)
On day seven we drove to Downtown St. George's where we found a huge white tent set up in the middle of the central road. We quickly organized ourselves into station--blood pressure, blood glucose, BMI, vision screening, and breast exams--and spent the next five or so hours rotating between stations. Several hundred people visited this health fair. It was hectic, hot, and a lot of fun.
Day 9:
Health Fair in Grenville with St. George's Nursing Students
The elementary school where the fair was held
Breast Exam Stations
Teammate performing a vision screening
Post conference with UF and St. George's Nursing students
On day nine the crew piled into the bus and headed back to Grenville. The health fair in Grenville was held at an elementary school. This health fair was especially exciting because we worked along side nursing students from St. George's University. As with the last health fair, the UF and SGU students split up into different stations and provided blood pressure checks, blood glucose checks, dental health information, free dental supplies, breast exams, self breast exam instruction, and we had a station with literature on a number of different subjects--such as puberty, menopause, ovarian and breast cancer, and prostate cancer. This health fair attracted more families and children and was significantly less busy than the health fair in St. George's. At this fair, we had more time to really engage with people and with the SGU students.