Manatee Memorial Hospital has announced that the first Dedicated Education Unit for nursing students in the area has opened on the Medical/Surgical floor of the hospital. State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota is collaborating with the hospital on the first group of nursing students. Manatee Memorial Hospital’s Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) will provide a welcoming culture and consistent environment that allows nursing students to learn with comfort and familiarity alongside staff, in order to foster better scaffold skills and more easily connect theory to practice. The nursing students will be assigned to the DEU for the entirety of their clinical experience. Those that successfully complete the DEU clinical pathway will have an opportunity to be employed at Manatee Memorial Hospital. They will also become clinical mentors for the next group. State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota staff will identify students in good academic standing with a geographic commitment to the Bradenton area and an interest in possible employment with the hospital to be part of this program.

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