Christian Care Communities is launching a new nursing workforce investment program at its Hopkinsville campus, thanks to a grant from the Truist Foundation.
“Christian Care Communities is all across the state of Kentucky, and we’ve been in Hopkinsville for many, many years,” said CEO Mary Lynn Spalding.
click to download audioThe program will focus on improving nurses’ clinical skills, leadership confidence, and patient engagement.
“It was geared toward sharpening their hands-on learning, to enhance their clinical judgment, to give them more confidence in leadership, and to even help them engage further with patients and families and things like that,” Spalding said. “So we’re just really trying to enhance that overall nursing practice.”
She said the need is especially great in post-acute care.
click to download audioTruist Foundation awarded the grant for Hopkinsville, which will be celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The event will also address an issue facing many seniors — scams.
click to download audioSpalding noted the program is also a response to the nursing shortage that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
click to download audioThe training will take place in Christian Care’s “Care and Connect” training center.
click to download audioThe Aug. 19 event will be held at Friendship House, outside the Cornell Chapel on the 41-acre Hopkinsville campus.
click to download audioSpalding said Hopkinsville is the first campus to launch the program, and she hopes it inspires more nurses to consider post-acute care as a career.
“I think that we’re going to be wildly successful, and I would anticipate we’ll expand it not only in Hopkinsville, but we’ll also expand it across the state,” she said.
She added that Christian Care Communities offers other incentives for those considering post-acute nursing as a career.
click to download audioFor more details on the nursing program or to RSVP for Tuesday’s event, email Kim Fernandez at Kim.Fernandez@ccc1884.org or visit ChristianCareCommunities.org <http://christiancarecommunities.org>
