Community outreach
Florence Stroud Black History Virtual Conference
In February 2022, the Kaiser Permanente Nurse Scholars Academy partnered with the Bay Area Black Nurses Association to offer a virtual event celebrating Black History Month, including distinguished guest speakers, cultural performances, and essential community dialogue.
Clinical Opportunities at Flu Clinics
In 2022 we explored how to increase clinical opportunities for nursing students beyond the usual acute care rotations. We partnered with local nursing schools to expand BSN clinical opportunities for Samuel Merritt students to support existing staff in Napa, Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo, and San Jose employee flu clinics. The request came from local sites needing to reduce RN workload, and they were happy for the assistance to support nurses.
Deloras Jones Scholarship
The Deloras Jones Scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievement and promotes diversity among ADN, BSN, master’s, and doctoral students.
Youth Career Day
Youth Career Day exposes youth interested in pursuing a career in health care to diverse opportunities in the industry through realistic, interactive scenarios and simulations.
Youth Equine
Connected leadership empowers youth to explore self-regulation, self-awareness, connection, and leadership within themselves and their relationships. This experiential workshop focuses on building youth leadership skills in a therapeutic environment through intentional connection with nature, animals, peers, and the community. We pair HeartMath techniques with animal-assisted activities to support youth in developing their resilience, resulting in increased empowerment within themselves, their relationships, and their communities. The main goal is to support the healing and development of our future generation of leaders and is alignment with Magnet structural empowerment.