A group of middle school students left the 2026 Summer Nurse Camp at Children’s of Alabama with greater clarity about their future careers and with medical skills they can use immediately.
“Everything about it was just so fun,” said 13-year-old Aubree Jones, a student at Phillips Academy. “We learned so many different things. We learned how to do CPR, we learned how to use an EpiPen and what to do when someone is unconscious. I just loved everything about it.”
The camp, in its second year, is a four-day collaboration with the Birmingham Black Nurses Association (BBNA) and Children’s of Alabama. Students get to learn other skills such as suturing, the importance of nutrition and how to change a tracheostomy. They also got to tour the hospital and interact with other health professionals…