Brenda C. Buffington
Dr. Brenda C. Buffington holds a doctorate in education and is a national board-certified health and wellness coach and a certified exercise physiologist. She has been a health promotion and disease prevention professional for almost 40 years. Before joining The Ohio State University, Dr. Buffington was the assistant director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Now in her ninth year at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, she is an assistant clinical professor in the Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness degree program, executive director of Health Athlete, lead faculty for the Health and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate and a Buckeye Wellness program manager under the Office of the Chief Wellness Officer. Dr. Buffington has two grown sons and is passionate about health and wellness education, research, health coaching and helping everyone to live more fully engaged lives to become their best selves.
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The new LPN to BSN program at the College of Nursing was designed for LPNs to obtain their BSN. Three current students, James Williams, Toni Hall and Colleen M. Barrett, shared with us about their experiences in the program.
As wounded victims came pouring into the civilian hospital in Kharkov after the Ukraine war began in February 2022, Artem Riga initially was the only surgeon on duty. Some colleagues were fleeing the country and others were delayed because of the intense shelling. Doctors had to ration food and medical supplies, performing surgery in body armor, with sandbags on the windowsills of the operating room. A sudden attack significantly damaged his hospital and left patients covered in broken glass and other debris. Amid this chaos, Riga had to teach patients to care for their own wounds.
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