CLEARFIELD – Stefani Harchak attended the Clearfield County Career & Technology Center’s (CCCTC) Practical Nursing program, continued her learning to earn her Associate’s degree as an RN, and went on to earn her BSN.
She is currently employed at Geisinger’s Gray’s Wood’s Endoscopy Center as a nurse supervisor.
Harchak feels she is the nurse she is today because she began her nursing career at the CCCTC. During her time at the CCCTC, she said she was grateful for what she learned while in the Practical Nursing program because it introduced her to the medical field and gave her the opportunity to do a lot of hands-on experience.
She became a certified instructor for the American Heart Association and teaches BLS, ACLS and PALS. She was featured in the Ambulatory Surgery national magazine about an idea that would help pediatric patients reduce their fear and anxiety at the Surgery Center.
She was also featured through Geisinger on her education throughout the past ten years.
Harchak is only one example of how CCCTC graduates use their education to strengthen the industry in their field of study.