Republican-Eagle: National Guard learning nursing skills in Red Wing

By Rachel Fergus, December 6, 2021

Photo: National Guard members were welcomed to Red Wing on Sunday, Nov. 28, with doughnuts donated by Hanisch Bakery. Image provided by Katryn Conlin. 

On Monday, 20 Minnesota National Guard members were walking through the hallways of Minnesota State College Southeast on their way between a classroom and bathroom. In the bathrooms, members scrubbed their hands, trying to reach under fingernails and up past their wrists. 

Upon their return to the classroom--after walking like surgeons prepared for an operation--the National Guardsmen looked at their hands using a black light to see if they had successfully scrubbed. 

This exercise is one of many included in the college's training program to become a certified nursing assistant. National Guardsmen were in the class due to a recent deployment. 

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