{"id":272052,"date":"2018-03-16T06:06:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=272052"},"modified":"2018-03-16T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:06:24","slug":"community-checks-nmc-health-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Community checks out NMC Health Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-272052 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-1-3\/'>ST-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272054'>\n\t\t\t\tNMC Nursing students pose for a group photo at their 12th Annual Health Fair that was held at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center.\n(NMC Photos)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-2-3\/'>ST-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272055'>\n\t\t\t\tHardt Eye Clinic presented information on diabetes awareness and how it affects a person\u2019s eyesight at NMC\u2019s recent Health Fair. The company\u2019s representatives also provided blood glucose screening and information on the services provided at their clinic.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-3-3\/'>ST-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272056'>\n\t\t\t\tNMC Nursing student demonstrated cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to community members and participants at the 12th Annual Health Fair.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-4-3\/'>ST-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272057'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers from the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library presented information on books focused on health and wellness to participants at the recent NMC Health Fair.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-5-3\/'>ST-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272058'>\n\t\t\t\tScience Health Math Athletics instructor Lorna Liban, center,\u00a0presented information about the different foods on island that are known to increase blood glucose and pressure levels. She, along with nursing instructor Ermelinda Oneto, far right, pose for a picture with NMC students at the 12th Annual Health Fair.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-6-3\/'>ST-6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272059'>\n\t\t\t\tLocally grown fruits and vegetables from NMC\u2019s Cooperative Research Extension &amp; Educational Services were highlighted at NMC\u2019s 12th Annual Health Fair.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-7-3\/'>ST-7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272060'>\n\t\t\t\tAn NMC Nursing student shares blood pressure information with a health fair participant.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-checks-nmc-health-fair\/st-8-3\/'>ST-8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272061'>\n\t\t\t\tAn NMC Nursing student and NMC\u2019s Area Health Education Center program coordinator Quenna Sablan pose for a photo at the 12th Annual NMC Health Fair.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As part of their leadership training and service to the community, members of the Northern Marianas College Nursing Club recently held its 12th Annual\u00a0Health\u00a0Fair,\u00a0where nursing students provided free blood pressure screening, sugar level assessments, and other\u00a0health\u00a0services. Other community agencies such as the CHCC Immunization Program, the Division of Youth Services, Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Commonwealth Cancer Association, and Hardt Eye Clinic\u00a0also participated in the\u00a0health\u00a0fair\u00a0to showcase their services.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of their leadership training and service to the community, members of the Northern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":272054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3649,552,2525,2036],"class_list":["post-272052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-annual-health-fair","tag-commonwealth-cancer-association","tag-hardt-eye-clinic","tag-youth-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}