Holy Cross Hospital, in collaboration with partners West Palm Beach Veteran Affairs Medical Center, C.L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, FAU Community Health Center and Community Health of South Florida, Inc., has announced a new Health Research and Services Administration Award at Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
The award, the Caring-based Academic Partnerships in Excellence: Veteran RNs in Primary Care (CAPE-V), is open to veterans who would like to earn their BSN degree to practice in a primary care setting and work with vulnerable and underserved populations. With CAPE-V, BSN students who are veterans will receive stipends, enriched curricula and a 180-hour clinical immersion experience in a community-based primary care center. RNs working in primary care and the College of Nursing faculty and students will receive professional development training focused on veterans and primary care.
This project aims to create healthier communities through educating and clinically training nursing students, specifically veterans, in primary care to better serve the unique needs of veterans and who are ready and willing to serve rural and underserved communities.
Veterans who would like to earn a BSN degree can apply for the award here. For more information, contact Dr. Beth King at bking@health.fau.edu.
