by Suzanne Holland Hauser, RN, MSN
Monday October 6, 2008
From Nurse.com
As a high school student in 2003, Anna Finn was interested in a career in nursing. Her choice was confirmed after attending Nursing Camp, a program at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J. Five years later, Finn, a 2008 BSN graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus, is a new RN working at Virtua West Jersey Hospital Marlton in its Total Joint and Spine Center.
And five years later, Lourdes continues to host Nursing Camp, hoping to inspire other students to consider careers in nursing and healthcare. William K. Pierce, RN, BSN, CCRN, RRT, MBA/HCM, is Lourdes' director of nursing practice/performance improvement and coordinator of the camp.
He says the one-week program can accommodate about 25 campers, ages 13 to 15. To recruit them, Pierce sends information to local schools and churches, so the campers are primarily, but not exclusively, from Camden's inner city. The free program's funding comes from the Lourdes Foundation and former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski's foundation. Camp counselors include a nurse manager, staff nurses, and nurse externs.
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