HealthLeaders Media June 27, 2022
CommonSpirit partners with historically Black medical school to add faculty and resources to help grow nursing enrollment and diversity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– CommonSpirit Health is partnering with Charles R. Drew University (CDU) of Medicine and Science to grow and diversify the nursing workforce.
– Junior highs and high schools would be visited by CommonSpirit nurses and CDU faculty who share their race and culture to educate them about opportunities in nursing.
– The partnership will benefit more than CommonSpirit’s nurse census and diversity; it will benefit the nursing industry, as well.
Nursing schools turn away tens of thousands of qualified applicants due to shortages of clinical sites and faculty, so CommonSpirit Health is responding by partnering with Charles R. Drew...