Rowan College Nursing Student, Mentor Set For Online Town Hall

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Rowan College at Burlington County will continue to explore the relationships between student and professor mentor during its next Facebook Live Town Hall event.

Nursing Simulation Lab Coordinator Laura Skrable and her student, 2020 President’s Award recipient Timothy Wilkinson, will participate in the college’s next Facebook Live Town Hall at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the college announced Friday morning. Viewers can submit questions throughout the livestream and at rcbc.edu/coronavirus.

Wilkinson, a 3+1 Nursing student, first met Skrable in a Nursing fundamentals course, where she helped him build a strong foundation in many of the concepts he’s used throughout his college career.

Wilkinson viewed his experiences in Rowan College at Burlington County’s high-tech Nursing simulation lab as the best “dry run” he could get in preparation for working in an actual hospital.

“The simulation lab includes technology and experiences that are very close to what we would encounter in a real hospital,” Wilkinson said. “We use simulated patient beds, electronic health records and mannequins that mimic patient vital signs and lung sounds to practice skills we would apply to real-life situations.”

Wilkinson was among the college’s student volunteers who worked at the county’s coronavirus testing facility when the pandemic first hit, and he recently completed his last week there.

According to Skrable, Wilkinson set himself apart from other students due to his level of engagement in the classroom and willingness to step up and help his peers under any circumstances.

“He earned very high grades in all of his classes and was very helpful with other students during group sessions,” Skrable said. “He treated simulations as if they were real situations and asked a lot of questions to engage the class.”

To learn more about Rowan College at Burlington County’s 3+1 Nursing program, visit rcbc.edu/3plus1/nursing.