SHREVEPORT, La. – A Caddo Magnet High School senior is among 300 selected to advance in a national science talent search.
Maya Trutschl’s application was one of some 2,600 entered by students from 826 high schools across 46 states to be selected to advance in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
“So a big part of it was my science research project, which was preventing pressure injuries or bedsores,” said Trutschl.
She says her grandmother’s stay in the hospital inspired her research, “and so I found out, actually, that a lot of people think that pressure injuries are caused because nurses aren’t giving enough care to the patients. But that’s actually not true.”…