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Look at bioterrorism threats offered April 6
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KOKOMO, Ind.—What sorts of bioterrorism threaten Indiana residents, and how well are communities and health care workers prepared to deal with such threats? Students of the Indiana University Kokomo Master of Nursing (M.S.N.) program will present research regarding several potential biological weapons Tuesday, April 6, from 5–7 p.m. in Kelley Student Center, Room 130. The campus and community are welcome to attend the free presentation. “We thought it would be timely and a nice lead into Lee Hamilton's presentation of the 9/11 Commission Report at 7:30 p.m. that same night,” said Nancy Schlapman, Ph.D., faculty coordinator of the M.S.N. program. (Vice chairman of the Congressional commission that examined causes and responses to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Hamilton will speak in Kresge Auditorium on campus as part of the American Democracy Project. Visit www.iuk.edu/adp for more information on this public event.) The nursing students' bioterrorism research is part of their case-study coursework to become community health clinical nurse specialists. The students, all practicing area registered nurses, will present research on the potential for terrorist use of diseases such as anthrax, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), smallpox, plague, botulism, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and tularemia (a potentially fatal bacterial infection, commonly called “rabbit fever”), as well as the poisons cyanide and ricin and radiation from “dirty bombs.” For more information, contact the IU Kokomo School of Nursing at (765) 455-9288.
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