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March 9, 2005
Calhoun to Host Fifth Annual
"Let's Pretend Hospital" for Area First Graders
 The Nursing Department at Calhoun Community College , in partnership with Decatur General Hospital , will host the fourth annual "Let's Pretend Hospital", a mock hospital for area first graders, on March 14 - 18, 2004 , beginning at 8:00 a.m. each day in the Shelton Health Building on Calhoun's Decatur campus.
According to Jan Peek, chairperson of the Nursing Department, "Let's Pretend Hospital" is a project to provide first graders with 'friendly' information about what actually happens when someone is admitted to the hospital, has surgery, etc. "All the information presented in this mock hospital setting is done so on a non-threatening, first grade level," said Ms. Peek.
18 schools from the city of Decatur , Morgan County , and local private schools will participate in this year's activity, allowing over 1200 first graders to tour the various areas of a mock hospital. The hospital will be set up throughout the Shelton Health Building and will include an admissions office, ER, hospital patient room, operating room, x-ray, and discharge area. The "hospital" is being assembled by Calhoun Nursing students and Nursing faculty, who have spent hours planning and preparing for the event. ( See photos of the event.) Coverage of this release:
- Pretend surgery (photo and caption), The Decatur Daily, Sunday, March 20, 2005 issue, p. B7
- WAFF, Channel 48, Huntsville, AL, Friday, March 18, 2005
- WAAY TV Channel 31, Huntsville, AL, Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 6:00 & 10:00 p.m. newscasts.
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