New UT program to try to fill nursing gaps in rural, underserved hospitals
To improve the recruitment and retention of nurses, the Delta Scholars program has partnered with regional hospitals to help student nurses secure paid internships. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
“We are proud and honored to receive this funding, which we hope will be instrumental in retaining newly graduated nurses in areas with nursing and health care gaps,” the dean of UTHSC’s College of Nursing said.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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