Two Care Centres have recently been opened as part of the Wellness service made available for students by the Scholarships, Aid and Partnership Centre. Podcast interview with Amandine, the nurse in charge of running the service in Reims.

The creation of a health care centre in both Reims and Rouen is the great new feature for the start of the new School year this autumn. “The two centres are the latest addition to the Wellness programme set up over the past year, which has the objective of improving students’ well-being by providing them with a full range of services related to improving quality of life,” explains Matthieu Lucas, Head of the Centre for Scholarships, Aid and Partnership, explains.

The Health Care Centres, as the other Wellness centre service (anti-violence unit, Wellness Mag, appointments with psychologists and preventive care concerning addiction and sexuality), have been set up for the students.

Two care centres dedicated to students

Two nurses have just joined the school to run the centres, Marine Leroy in Rouen and Amandine Ancien in Reims.

“Our role is to focus on a number of specific areas: risk prevention and the improvement of students’ health, providing nursing care and dealing with emergencies, monitoring chronic health problems and students with disabilities, in association with Adeline Lebouvier and Karine Triboult, the School’s disability advisors, and referral to any appropriate external services (social workers, nutritionists, etc.),” explains Marine.

Marine became a state registered nurse in 2018 and began her nursing career in a number of different hospital departments before continuing her training by studying for a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences, Health and Therapeutic Education.

“The dual role of nurse and therapist means that I can really focus on the patient. I can provide both curative and preventive care, whilst developing an educational programme via conferences or workshops, according to the public and the School’s specific needs. I am also available to help students set up health-related projects and find partners,” completes Marine.

Podcast

Please feel free to listen (in French) to Amandine and discover her career background and new role with the Health Care Centre, or find the transcription (in english) of the interview below.

INTERVIEW

Pauline:
Hello, Amandine! First of all, thank you for joining me on the first episode of this new podcast. So, you came to NEOMA mid-August as a nurse for the creation of the health centre. Can you tell us what this new service consists of?

Amandine:
Yes, Pauline. As you’ve just said, the health centre is a new service created for the start of this academic year. It is an addition to the WellNess service that already exists and was created a year ago by the Scholarship, Aid and Partnership Centre. The health centre aims to provide students assistance with their healthcare needs, and more generally, their well-being.

Pauline:
So, what exactly are your duties as a nurse?

Amandine:
My first task is a rather standard one for a nurse. It is something called “curative” care for physical as well as social and psychological problems. Then, I play a role in preventive healthcare on an individual level during consultations for example and collectively through workshops, conferences and all types of actions that may be taken over the course of the year. There can be a wide variety of prevention subjects. These are topics that affect young people, including nutrition advice, road safety and addictology. The third part of my position is the role of referring students to professionals, services and associations outside of NEOMA, which would be more adapted to their needs.

Pauline:
And how can students get in touch with you?

Amandine:
The health centre functions in two ways. There is walk-in service in the morning or consultations by appointment in the afternoon. For the walk-in service, it’s very easy. Students can come knock on the door for an immediate consultation. For appointments, they can make one on the Booking app. All the links are on Inside.

Pauline:
Amandine, can you quickly tell us about your professional experience and how a person becomes a nurse in a business school?

Amandine:
I’ve been a nurse for fifteen years now. My first specialisation was in emergency care and resuscitation. So naturally I started my career in an accident and emergency department at a hospital. Then, I wanted to travel, so I left France to work in the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. When I returned, I wanted to study tropical medicine, and after that I started humanitarian work with Doctors Without Borders, which is where I’ve been for the past ten years. That allowed me to travel to a lot of countries and come in contact with very different cultures in Africa, the Middle East and South America, for example. After doing that for ten years, I wanted to settle down, and by chance I came across the job posting from NEOMA. It’s the school’s international aspect that immediately attracted me.

Pauline:
So according to you, how are all of the different international jobs and positions that you’ve just mentioned going to prepare you for daily life at the school?

Amandine:
I think that the multicultural element of my work at Doctors Without Borders is an advantage since here at the school we host a lot of international students. But apart from that, it also gave me the ability to adapt to the person who is in front of me.

Pauline:
Great, Amandine. This first podcast interview is all finished. Again, thanks so much for helping me launch this new format, and on behalf of all of the employees here, I welcome you to NEOMA.

Amandine:
Thank you very much.​