KeyBank Foundation has awarded $1 million over five years to Akron Children’s Hospital’s Assuring Success with a Commitment to Enhance Nurse Diversity (ASCEND) Program. The ASCEND Program works to improve nursing diversity. A recent study from the National County of State Boards of Nursing found that 93% of Registered Nurses are female, and 83% are […]
ASCEND program enhances nurse diversity among new hires
In 2015, Akron Children’s launched a program called ASCEND (Assuring Success with a Commitment to Enhance Nurse Diversity) with the goal of promoting a more diverse nursing workforce at the hospital. The 10-week summer internship, designed for nursing students entering their senior year, provides students professional development opportunities, hands-on nurse-related activities and the potential for […]
A Day in the Life of a Certified Nurse
Certified Registered Nurse Renee Carver takes a lot of pride in what she does. It’s one of the reasons she actively precepts nursing students and also was a motivating factor in her decision to pursue nursing board certification a few years ago. Board certification is the formal process through the American Nurses Credentialing Center that […]
Awesome nursing experience for me
Akron Childrens Hospital was my very first employer as a new registered nurse in 1988. I came to this hospital excited to learn and ready to soak up all the new things I could retain. I was given assignment to 5 West- Adolescent chronic illness and psychiatric area. I learned so much under the supervision […]
