Nurses—Making a Difference in Global Health
GOAL 2: Achieve universal primary education
Read how nurses around the world are advocating for and helping achieve this
goal.
Latino high schoolers prepare for nursing careers
Efforts to increase the number of Latino registered nurses providing care in the
Chicago area led to an initiative that has awarded nearly 40 scholarships to
students at the Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago. Guided
by the vision of Dean Sheila Haas, the Berwyn/Cicero Registered Nurse Initiative
began in 2000 with funding from the MacNeal Health Foundation.“ We recognized
the need to begin working with students early in their high school experience,”
reported Gloria Jacobson, project director and associate professor at the School
of Nursing. Read More >>
Additional stories that reflect how nurses are helping
to achieve universal and primary education: