Health Sciences

Andrea Benson

Andrea Benson is a Health Science teacher at Sheyenne High School in the West Fargo Public Schools. She is passionate about working with children of all ages, to help them grow and develop to reach their full potential. Andrea has worked with children her whole career. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in nursing from Concordia College, Moorhead and began her career as a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit. She then pursued a Master’s of Science degree in occupational therapy, working in direct pediatric therapy and early intervention. Andrea has always had a love for education and is excited to now have the opportunity to be sharing her medical knowledge and experiences with students in the classroom. In addition to teaching, Andrea works, as needed, in therapy and is pursuing another Master’s degree in educational leadership. In her free time Andrea loves to spend time with her husband and their three children.

 

 

 

 

 

Heidi Horne

Heidi Horne grew up in Fargo, ND and graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School. She attended Presentation College in Aberdeen, SD and obtained her BSN in Nursing in 2008. Heidi has worked at Sanford Hospital in Fargo for 14 years prior to starting her new position teaching Health Sciences with the Fargo Public Schools. She has 4 years of CNA experience in long term care and the hospital setting and 11 Years of RN experience floating between general, medical, surgical and critical care units. Heidi is married to her husband, Chris, and have a son, Collin and daughter, Mallory.

 

 

 

 

 

Ellie Guy

Ellie Guy is a new member of the Cass County CTE Center as an educator for Central Cass Public Schools. Ellie will be teaching courses at Central Cass High School, with online outreach to member schools in the C3TEC consortium. Elllie is an approved adjunct instructor at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton for dual credit offerings.

 

 

Kelsey Walter

Kelsey Walter is a new health sciences teacher located at the Fargo North High School program. Kelsey has experience in the area of allied health sciences and a degree in dental hygiene. Prior experiences as a camp counselor and passion for medical careers inspired Kelsey to join the teaching profession to share her knowledge and skills with our future health providers. Kelsey will also be teaching Health Sciences I, Health Sciences II, online medical terminology to students in the C3TEC consortium with dual credit opportunities through NDSCS, and Certified Nursing Assistant with options for certification.

Course	Credit	Grade Level	Prerequisites	Fee/Special Requirements
Certified Nursing Assistant (Dual credit NURS100 & NURS101)	0.5	11-12	Recommend successful completion of Health Careers I. (Instructor   approval required if prerequisite is not met.)	Fees apply for students seeking   CNA certification or dual credit
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)	0.5	10-12	null	Fees apply for students seeking   dual credit.
Health Science I	1	10-12	null	null
Health Science II	1	10-12	Successful completion of Health Careers I.	Successful completion of Health   Careers I.
Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries (Dual credit HPER107)	0.5	10-12	null	Fees apply for students seeking   dual credit.
Medical Terminology (Dual Credit BOTE 170)	0.5	10-12	Interest in Medical Career with emphasis on Health Information/ Medical   Transcription. Typically a 3.0 cumulative GPA and other dual credit   requirements.	Fees apply for student seeking   dual credit.

 

Course Descriptions:

Health Science I
This course explores the many career opportunities available in the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. Students learn basic health-provider skills, including CPR and First Aid. Curriculum content includes ethics, legalities, safety, medical terminology, communication skills, infection control, professional attitudes, anatomy, and physiology. A variety of specialists from many health professions are utilized as speakers. Students who have met set criteria will have the opportunity to participate in a minimum of one community observation of a health professional. (Examples: Dentistry, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Radiology, Sports Medicine, Veterinary Medicine.)

Health Science II
This course enables students to gain additional and concentrated insights into the health career professions. The students observe and interact with professionals to broaden their knowledge of the health care community. Students can select community observations from more than fifty professional sites. This course also provides assistance in preparing the student for entry into competitive two and four year college programs for professional health careers. Curriculum content includes career-planning skills, aging, bereavement, disease processes, wellness, mental health and teen issues, along with associated careers.

Certified Nursing Assistant
This class is developed for students who are interested in a career in nursing or who are interested in preparing themselves for employment as a Certified Nursing Assistant. The class involves both lecture and lab instruction. Basic nursing principles are taught in a lecture setting while communication techniques, introduction to basic physical assessment and basic nursing procedures are demonstrated in the clinical and lab setting. Emphasis is placed on the care of the client in the long-term care setting. In addition to the classroom instruction, the student will complete at minimum 2 community observations. The clinical experience is scheduled and supervised by the instructor. Upon successful completion of the skills portion of the course the student will be eligible to write the certified nurse aid examination (students wishing to do so will be responsible of payment for this exam. Cost is approximately $120.

Medical Terminology
This class is designed to introduce students to the health information technology (Medical Records) field. Students will learn prefixes, suffixes, and root words for medical terms. This will include meanings, spellings, and pronunciations. Emphasis is on building a working medical vocabulary based on body systems. Anatomy and physiology of major organs, pathological conditions, laboratory studies, clinical procedures, and abbreviations are studied for each body system. The student will also learn medical terminology as it relates to pathology, diagnostic, surgical, clinical, and laboratory procedures and common abbreviations and acronyms by body systems. (Can be taken for dual credit with NDSCS; however the dual credit will transfer to most colleges)

Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries
Provides the student with a background in athletic training and basic health care. The course emphasizes injury prevention, first responder management daily for athletic injuries and skills to fulfill the activities of daily living. Students will be able in one semester to complete the requirements to become a student athletic trainer.

HOSA

HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA's goal is to encourage all health science instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HSE-HOSA Partnership.

HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in health science education and biomedical science programs or have interests in pursuing careers in health professions. HOSA is 100% health care!