School of Nursing Launches Nursing Development Fellowship
The School of Nursing’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office has launched a Fellowship in Nursing Development, a recruitment effort to diversify the school’s pipeline of students inclusive of gender, race, and ethnicity. Students from these backgrounds, figures show, are underrepresented in nursing.
The inaugural group of six fellows participated in a two-week immersion experience in June, where they learned about nursing specialty practice areas, research, and community engagement. They represented three historically Black college and university partners – Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College – and Emory College.
The fellows met with Emory School of Nursing leaders and faculty as well as leaders from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory University Hospital, and Emory Hillandale Hospital. They participated in seminars, clinical observations, and hands-on simulation experiences with Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program leaders.
Fellows also took part in the School of Nursing’s Farmworker Family Health Program in Moultrie, Georgia, an interprofessional, service-learning experience involving students from the school and other academic institutions.
