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Bob Bell & Whitson-Hester School Of Nursing And National Nurses Week

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Bob Bell meets with Dr. Barbara Jared, Director of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing at Tennessee Tech University, and Dr. Kim Hanna, Dean of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing. They discuss who Florence Nightingale was, her importance in the field of nursing, what National Nurses Week is, when it takes place, and how the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing celebrates the occasion, as well as what the School's placement rate is, and where students often end up after graduating.

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