That was a great concern of ours because that was the region that needed the nursing supply,” says Tanner. Most nursing programs are based in urban settings, and students who leave a rural area to train in an urban school tend not to return to work in that rural area, contends Tanner. If you look at Boise, since we’ve been there, there’s quite a few nurses who are being produced for the Boise environment.” He adds, “Nursing shortages are felt throughout the country, but they’re not felt the same in specific geographies. “It’s always been at the center of our mission that we try to educate locally so they stay and work locally for the partners that help participate in the education process,” he says. The school recruits geographically, with the goal of finding students who want to remain in the area in which they’re trained after graduating, Tanner asserts. That program takes a little under three years to complete. The 12-month practical nurse program costs around $20,000 a year, or about $455 per semester credit, while the Bachelor of Science in nursing is about $594 per semester credit, he says, totaling just over $79,000 for the 32-month program. The larger regions can enroll upward of 80 students a quarter, he adds. Smaller regions, like Coeur d’Alene, take on up to 20 students a quarter, Tanner says. In addition to the health care partners, the college also has hired a local faculty member to assist students.Įnrollment at the college is on a quarterly rolling basis. North Idaho health systems Advanced Health Care of Coeur d’Alene LLC, Benewah Community Hospital, Kootenai Health, Life Care Center of Coeur d’Alene, Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, and Valley Vista Care Center all have partnered with Nightingale College to provide hands-on training to students. The program uses both on-the-ground and online learning components, in which students will take classes online before working with Nightingale’s Coeur d’Alene-based health care providers to provide clinical rotation hours, where students will shadow working nurses and get hands-on experience, he says. Idaho was the first state beyond Utah to which the school expanded its program, having partnered with health care providers in Pocatello and then Twin Falls, adds Tanner. “We were receiving quite a lot of requests from in and around the Coeur d’Alene area and even into Washington and Spokane, hoping we would increase access to that part of Idaho.” “We’ve looked at Coeur d’Alene for many years as we’ve expanded our offerings in Idaho,” says Tanner. The program started in the Coeur d’Alene area last August and has 20 students.Ĭoeur d’Alene is an area the college had long eyed for one of its programs, he says, adding that Nightingale had received requests from several health care providers in the area that expressed interest in partnering with the college. “Coeur d’Alene will be a very important geographical hub for Nightingale, not only for that section of Idaho, but for many learners that have been requesting access to our program for many years,” he contends. Its Coeur d’Alene health care partners will act as the regional hub for the school, says Tanner. The college is a hybrid-learning nursing program, says Jonathan Tanner, senior vice president and chief partnerships and business development officer for the college. Salt Lake City-based Nightingale College has partnered with health care providers in North Idaho to establish a nursing training program hub in Coeur d’Alene.
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