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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020 VOL. CXXXVI NO. 16 P.3 P.4 P.6 P.10 SEND STORY IDEAS TO [email protected] ONLINE AT THEDP.COM CONTACT US: 215-422-4640 2 NEWS SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020 THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM EVACUATED pare to shift their classes online and versity will work with students who with more than 100 people sched- >> FRONT PAGE banned all University-related travel are currently off campus to facilitate uled through April 17 must be post- CONOR MURRAY & and large events — deferring an an- the return of their belongings. They poned or canceled. ASHLEY AHN swer on whether in-person classes added that the University will sup- Pritchett’s announcement fol- Senior Reporters would resume. port students who receive fi nancial lowed the Pennsylvania Department Penn fi nally pulled the trigger on aid during this transition. of Health’s report that a Montgom- Anxiety gripped the Penn com- March 11. Pritchett and Penn Presi- Medical, Dental, Veterinary, and ery County, Pa. resident, who tested munity as emails from Provost dent Amy Gutmann emailed the some Nursing students will con- positive for coronavirus, is being Wendell Pritchett seemed to lack Penn community to announce that tinue their clinical rotations and will treated at the Hospital of the Univer- clear plans, producing more ques- classes would be held online for the receive information with further sity of Pennsylvania. The patient, a tions than answers. International remainder of the spring semester, instruction from their respective Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia students and fi rst-generation, low- spring break would be extended by Deans, they wrote. Penn Dental cardiologist, is in critical condi- income students waited in fear of one week, and students must move Medicine, however, sent an email to tion, health offi cials announced on possibly losing their source of food off campus by March 15. all third and fourth year Dental stu- March 9. and housing — asserting that “not Gutmann and Pritchett would dents on March 13 that all student- In an email sent to School of everyone has a home to go to.” email the Penn community again delivered patient care will be sus- Arts and Sciences spring 2020 CHASE SUTTON Quaker Days events for newly ad- the next day to extend the manda- pended, eff ective March 16. instructors on March 9, College Administrators urged teachers to “keep [online courses] simple” and mitted students were canceled. Then tory move-out date to March 17. Pritchett announced on March 10 Dean Steven Fluharty, College conduct online courses in “the most straightforward way.” the Hospital of the University of The administrators instructed that all University-related interna- Dean Paul Sniegowski, Associ- Pennsylvania announced they were students who are off campus for tional and domestic travel is banned ate Dean of Graduate Studies Beth Lewis urged teachers to “keep [on- [they] are most comfortable with to treating a coronavirus patient. spring break not to return. Pritchett until April 17, unless approved by Wenger, and Vice Dean for Profes- line courses] simple” and to “use accomplish [their] course needs in Penn then asked faculty to pre- and Gutmann wrote that the Uni- the provost. All on-campus events sional and Liberal Education Nora the Penn-recommended tools that the most straightforward way.” Penn Nursing students concerned about loss of clinical hours All clinicals canceled semester after School of Nursing of the University of Pennsylvania not feel comfortable making her until further notice Dean Antonia Villarruel wrote before Penn Nursing announced schedule for fall 2020, because she in an email to the Penn Nursing on March 13 that all clinical sites does not know when her make-up HANNAH GROSS community on Thursday night that were canceled until further notice. clinical hours will be. Staff Reporter sophomores and juniors will have Pediatric Nursing assistant pro- Nursing sophomore Hannah to make up clinical hours in fall fessor Sharon Irving wrote in an Pinheiro said the added clinical While recent developments in- 2020. email to students enrolled in NURS hours she will have to make up cluding moving classes online for First-years enrolled in NURS 225 Pediatric Nursing, the clinical next semester will coincide with the rest of the semester prompted 102 Situating the Practice of Nurs- course juniors take in the second courses NURS 245 Nursing of strong student reaction, the an- ing in which students gain obser- half of spring semester, on Friday Young and Middle Aged Adults nouncement hit Nursing students vational experience will have their morning that the clinical compo- and NURS 255 Nursing of Older especially hard due to the hands-on clinical observations replaced with nent of the class was canceled for Adults, which she described as the nature of their courses and clinical an online alternative, according to the semester due to uncertainties “hardest and most diffi cult” cours- work. an email sent from Villarruel to the on when clinical sites will reopen. es nursing students are required to Clinical rotations off er Nursing Penn Nursing community. SERENA JANKOVIC Didactic and simulation compo- take. students fi rst-hand experience in- President Amy Gutmann and Clinical rotations offer Nursing students first-hand experience nents will be delivered through Both NURS 245 and NURS 255 teracting with patients in hospitals Provost Wendell Pritchett previ- interacting with patients in hospitals including Penn Medicine facilities. remote learning, she wrote. each require 12 hours of clinical including Penn Medicine facilities. ously announced in an email to the Nursing junior Tess Doran, who experience and two hours of simu- With all clinical rotations canceled Penn community on March 11 that ceive Nursing licensure. Lacking in May. is enrolled in NURS 225, said lated laboratory each week. until further notice, Penn Nursing some Nursing students would con- clinical hours could impact their Penn Medicine Nurse Practi- she would have liked to remain Students also expressed concern students are concerned about how tinue their clinical rotations. graduation date and career trajec- tioner and Penn Nursing lecturer on campus after spring break and that online learning will not pro- to compensate for the lost hours Nursing students received an tory, she said. Christine Reger wrote in an email complete her clinical rotations de- vide them with the same skills and and whether they will be able to email from Villarruel on Wednes- Nursing senior Meredith Pin- to all Nursing seniors on Thursday spite fears of the coronavirus out- education that hands-on simulation log enough hours to graduate on day evening which read that the heiro said she is upset by the com- night that while spring break was break. labs and clinical rotations would. time. School of Nursing would focus plications that have arisen from extended to March 23, Penn Nurs- “I think that there are valuable Nursing fi rst-year Kelsey Greco Nursing seniors said they worry on helping May 2020 and August canceling senior clinical rotations ing highly recommends students things to learn from being in the said that for fi rst year students, an that canceling clinical rotations for 2020 graduates fulfi ll their neces- for the time-being and likened with clinical placements at Penn healthcare system at this moment online alternative to clinical obser- any period of time could prevent sary clinical hours. the recent developments to a “bad Medicine return a week earlier to in time, so I would prefer being vations will not allow her to learn them from reaching the state man- Nursing senior Jessica Andrews dream.” log as many clinical hours as pos- in a clinical setting just so that I as much as an in-person observa- date to receive Nursing licensure in said that nursing students must Pinheiro added that she is not sible. can learn the most that I can and tion. Pennsylvania and graduate in May. complete a certain number of clini- confi dent Penn Nursing will be Andrews said she had planned to I can take this information and this “I fi nd it hard to believe that I’m Sophomores and juniors raised cal hours in order to graduate and able to secure enough clinical return one week early from spring experience moving forward as a going to receive the same educa- concerns over how to balance take the NCLEX, an exam nursing spaces for seniors to catch up on break on March 16 to continue nurse,” Doran said. tion online, than if we had it in per- two clinical rotations at once next school graduates must pass to re- their hours in time for graduation her clinical rotation at Hospital Doran added that she does son,” Hannah Pinheiro said. Connec wit THE PENN STUDENT HELP LINE ! DPS will monitor your residence if you will be away. 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TRAINED DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF WILL LISTEN, OFFER IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE AND REFErrals TO CAPS and other CAMPUS RESOURCES. 215-898-4357 THEDP.COM |THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020 NEWS 3 SHS alerts over 100 about potential coronavirus exposure Emails were sent to stu- low-risk level and medium-risk shared a meal with an individual dents may have been in contact germs and illnesses. dents, faculty, and staff level,” Halbritter said. “There with coronavirus or where some- with a person with coronavirus, “In consultation with the local were no high-risk levels on our one studied with an individual they are considered low-risk cases public health agencies, you are MAX COHEN campus — everything that got sent with coronavirus in close quarters, and there is currently no need to be considered a very low risk expo- Senior Reporter out today was out of an abundance Halbritter said.
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