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.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1.5 million.
About Holy Cross Hospital
A member of Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital is a full-service, non-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross Hospital has been named one of the top five hospitals in the Miami metro area and among the top 20 in the state in U.S. News and World Report's 2019-2020 Best Hospital rankings. Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life. To learn more about Holy Cross Hospital, visit holy-cross.com. Connect @holycrossfl.
