November 09, 2010
Status:
Adopt Resolution #11-52, in support of The Day in the Life of a Nurse Program.
The Nursing Consortium of South Florida (Consortium), is a 501(c)3 not for profit corporation founded in 1997 as the South Florida Nursing Shortage Consortium. It has more than sixty (60) dues-paying member organizations including hospitals and other providers of nursing services, nursing schools, nurse staffing agencies, nursing publications, and foundations.
The Consortium’s signature program is the Day in the Life of a Nurse (DITLOAN), introduced as a way of providing high school students an opportunity to view the real work nurses do.
For the past eleven years, The Day in the Life of a Nurse Program has provided over 1000 high school students with the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the nursing profession. Our region, and indeed the nation, faces a nursing shortage which is projected to grow in the coming decades. This shortage will create many job opportunities for youth who possess the technical aptitude and human qualities critical to nursing. This year’s program is scheduled to take place at more than forty (40) hospitals throughout South Florida on November 12, 2010.
There is no financial impact to the district.
Requested Action
Adopt Resolution #11-52, in support of The Day in the Life of a Nurse Program.
Summary
The Nursing Consortium of South Florida (Consortium), is a 501(c)3 not for profit corporation founded in 1997 as the South Florida Nursing Shortage Consortium. It has more than sixty (60) dues-paying member organizations including hospitals and other providers of nursing services, nursing schools, nurse staffing agencies, nursing publications, and foundations.
The Consortium’s signature program is the Day in the Life of a Nurse (DITLOAN), introduced as a way of providing high school students an opportunity to view the real work nurses do.
For the past eleven years, The Day in the Life of a Nurse Program has provided over 1000 high school students with the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the nursing profession. Our region, and indeed the nation, faces a nursing shortage which is projected to grow in the coming decades. This shortage will create many job opportunities for youth who possess the technical aptitude and human qualities critical to nursing. This year’s program is scheduled to take place at more than forty (40) hospitals throughout South Florida on November 12, 2010.
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Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the district.
Source of Additional Information
Sayra Hughes 754-321-2978 John Miracola 754-321-8444
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