Pre-Nursing|African American youth
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NursingInspired
Who will benefit :
@ High school students - sophomores, juniors, seniors
@Young adults - Will take or is taking pre-requisites to apply to college and/or nursing school
*Live in Chicago
*Identifies as African American or ethnically
underrepresented
*Lives in an area of economical and/or educational
disadvantage
*May or may not go away to college
(Outside of Greater Chicago Area or outside of
Illinois)
*Desire to pursue a career in nursing
What the funds will be used for:
1) Educational programs/seminars to prepare
students to apply to college and nursing school
* Pocket projector and portable projector screen
* CPR in Schools kit - teaches students lifesaving
skills of CPR, choking and AED "in just one class
period. "
* Inspirational and prepartory materials and
giveaways such as Binders, pens, highlighters,
calendars, Id Badge holders, etc.
2) The American Nurse (2014)- documentary movie
screening event w/ Q&A (meal and drink included)
during Nurses Week 2018 on the South Side of
Chicago
3) Partial to full scholarship(s) to attend my
course “Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your
Tomorrow!” (NYTYT)July 22, 2018 – July 28, 2018
*The scholarships will be named after Famous
African American and sometimes unknown
nurses in history aka "Black Nightingales " :
~Mary Seacole
~Mary Eliza Mahoney
How soon the funds are needed:
~$332.28 by January 3, 2018 (Projector and projector screen for January 7th educational program)
~ $2516.72 + combination of :
*deposit due by March 6, 2018 for movie
screening event
*for partial to full NYTYT scholarship(s) due 30
days prior to class start July 22, 2018
*ongoing until funds raised for CPR
in Schools kit
What the support will mean
As an African American and lifetime resident of the South Side of Chicago, I have been continually involved in my community. I know needs of the under-resourced youth that have desire and resiliency for their dreams, yet need the guidance to get there. For some time, I have held on to the "each one teach one" train of thought. I know that apart of living in my purpose is through giving back what God has given me; a higher education, various opportunities and a career with a positive outlook.
Bottomline, there is a shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the US. This is due to many reasons such as the amount of Baby-boomers retiring, the low amount of nurses that serve as educators (whom are also retiring), nursing school waiting lists, and youth that unaware or unexposed to nursing as a career path. Furthermore, of the 2,824,641 (RNs) in the US, "9.9% of RN's are black or African American. "
When we look at minority health statistics , there is a great disparity in Blacks in terms of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, stroke, HIV, smoking and asthma. What do you believe would happen if the underrepresented Black women and men from areas of economical and/or educational disadvantage became registered nurses and educated and empowered their families and communities?
BACKGROUND:
Chicago, IL | Founded in 2017 , NursingInspired is a mentorship and educational program for ethnically underrepresented moreover African American youth high school students & young adults that seek to pursue a higher education & nursing career.
This program was created with the inspiration from a seminar course that I have created and taught since 2015 called: “Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your Tomorrow!”
My course has provided five cohorts of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with college preparation as well as informational tools to apply to nursing school.
This program can provide exposure to a career outlook in nursing for high school students only and furthermore, for those whose families can afford the opportunity.
I have come to realize that there are many students, that cannot afford or are applicable to attend my course, yet still deserve to be inspired.
Therefore, the purposeful intention of NursingInspired, is to capture not only high school students, but young adults that have taken or will be taking prerequisites to apply to nursing school.
Furthermore, my program is specifically geared to inspire and assist African American and other ethnically underrepresented and otherwise economically or educationally disadvantaged students.
This therein promotes diversity in nursing, which is reflective of many patients receiving care. The end-product is not only diversity, additionally NursingInspired produces future leaders in healthcare.
Thankful and Warm Regards,
Fallon M. Flowers, MSN, BS, RN, WHNP-BC
NursingInspired | Founder
“Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your Tomorrow!” course - Instructor
Who will benefit :
@ High school students - sophomores, juniors, seniors
@Young adults - Will take or is taking pre-requisites to apply to college and/or nursing school
*Live in Chicago
*Identifies as African American or ethnically
underrepresented
*Lives in an area of economical and/or educational
disadvantage
*May or may not go away to college
(Outside of Greater Chicago Area or outside of
Illinois)
*Desire to pursue a career in nursing
What the funds will be used for:
1) Educational programs/seminars to prepare
students to apply to college and nursing school
* Pocket projector and portable projector screen
* CPR in Schools kit - teaches students lifesaving
skills of CPR, choking and AED "in just one class
period. "
* Inspirational and prepartory materials and
giveaways such as Binders, pens, highlighters,
calendars, Id Badge holders, etc.
2) The American Nurse (2014)- documentary movie
screening event w/ Q&A (meal and drink included)
during Nurses Week 2018 on the South Side of
Chicago
3) Partial to full scholarship(s) to attend my
course “Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your
Tomorrow!” (NYTYT)July 22, 2018 – July 28, 2018
*The scholarships will be named after Famous
African American and sometimes unknown
nurses in history aka "Black Nightingales " :
~Mary Seacole
~Mary Eliza Mahoney
How soon the funds are needed:
~$332.28 by January 3, 2018 (Projector and projector screen for January 7th educational program)
~ $2516.72 + combination of :
*deposit due by March 6, 2018 for movie
screening event
*for partial to full NYTYT scholarship(s) due 30
days prior to class start July 22, 2018
*ongoing until funds raised for CPR
in Schools kit
What the support will mean
As an African American and lifetime resident of the South Side of Chicago, I have been continually involved in my community. I know needs of the under-resourced youth that have desire and resiliency for their dreams, yet need the guidance to get there. For some time, I have held on to the "each one teach one" train of thought. I know that apart of living in my purpose is through giving back what God has given me; a higher education, various opportunities and a career with a positive outlook.
Bottomline, there is a shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the US. This is due to many reasons such as the amount of Baby-boomers retiring, the low amount of nurses that serve as educators (whom are also retiring), nursing school waiting lists, and youth that unaware or unexposed to nursing as a career path. Furthermore, of the 2,824,641 (RNs) in the US, "9.9% of RN's are black or African American. "
When we look at minority health statistics , there is a great disparity in Blacks in terms of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, stroke, HIV, smoking and asthma. What do you believe would happen if the underrepresented Black women and men from areas of economical and/or educational disadvantage became registered nurses and educated and empowered their families and communities?
BACKGROUND:
Chicago, IL | Founded in 2017 , NursingInspired is a mentorship and educational program for ethnically underrepresented moreover African American youth high school students & young adults that seek to pursue a higher education & nursing career.
This program was created with the inspiration from a seminar course that I have created and taught since 2015 called: “Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your Tomorrow!”
My course has provided five cohorts of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with college preparation as well as informational tools to apply to nursing school.
This program can provide exposure to a career outlook in nursing for high school students only and furthermore, for those whose families can afford the opportunity.
I have come to realize that there are many students, that cannot afford or are applicable to attend my course, yet still deserve to be inspired.
Therefore, the purposeful intention of NursingInspired, is to capture not only high school students, but young adults that have taken or will be taking prerequisites to apply to nursing school.
Furthermore, my program is specifically geared to inspire and assist African American and other ethnically underrepresented and otherwise economically or educationally disadvantaged students.
This therein promotes diversity in nursing, which is reflective of many patients receiving care. The end-product is not only diversity, additionally NursingInspired produces future leaders in healthcare.
Thankful and Warm Regards,
Fallon M. Flowers, MSN, BS, RN, WHNP-BC
NursingInspired | Founder
“Nursing…Yesterday, Today and Your Tomorrow!” course - Instructor
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