Nursing Professor Teaches Lifesaving Skills

Dr. Stacy Taylor, a Liberty University School of Nursing professor, spent eight days in July teaching lifesaving practices to healthcare workers in Eswatini. She shared her expertise with staff at The Luke Commission, a Christian nonprofit healthcare organization.

Taylor has led many nursing students on trips to Africa, mainly to Rwanda. She led the school’s first trip to Eswatini last year and returned in March to offer training in BLS for over 80 staff members.

During her July visit, Taylor trained 84 individuals in BLS and 43 nurses and doctors in ACLS. She recalled a day when she was summoned to the organization’s hospital to help treat a patient with an irregular heart rate, providing an on-site training session.

Taylor said teaching others to become skilled nurses is a way to expand her impact exponentially. She views her calling as a teacher as being a good steward of her training and experience.

Taylor will return to Eswatini and The Luke Commission with Liberty nursing students in March 2027. She said she can reach more people by teaching nursing students, who can then care for multiple patients and their families.

The Luke Commission is a Christian nonprofit healthcare organization in Eswatini. Taylor’s training sessions were provided free of charge, after an in-country provider quoted the organization an astronomical amount to do the trainings.

Taylor’s experience as a bedside nurse in the ICU has influenced her approach to teaching. She said she can only care for a limited number of patients as a nurse, but by teaching, she can reach many more people.