E63: Teaching Nurses and Medics When the Stakes are High, Part 1

HigherEdJobs Podcast

In this episode, co-host Andy Hibel talks with Greg White, associate professor at The College of St. Scholastica, where he serves as director of the Traditional Undergraduate Nursing Program.

White enlisted in the Air National Guard in 2007 and has been deployed on missions worldwide, working as a medic or, at times, an administrator. He oversaw COVID testing and coordinated findings with the Mayo Clinic during the civil unrest in Minneapolis in spring 2020 following the death of George Floyd.

White is a nurse practitioner who trains medics and nurses to ensure they are ready to deploy when the time comes.

In this conversation, White discusses his current role and work in academia as well as the training he leads through the Air National Guard on how to respond to a mass casualty event involving chemical or biological weapons. He also describes his recent experience as a subject matter expert working with Norwegian counterparts to train Ukrainian soldiers to be medics in the current war against Russia.

White was recognized with the Duluth News Tribune’s 2020 Florence Award for strength in empathy, innovation, and mission in nursing.

Hibel is a co-founder of HigherEdJobs and serves as its chief operating officer.

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