About Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag
Hoag's leadership has approached the nursing shortage with vision and action. The Choose Nursing, Choose Hoag (CNCH) initiative addresses the challenges facing Hoag in attracting, developing, retaining and providing career advancement opportunities for nurses. To address this issue, CNCH has set the following objectives:
- Educate the community about the nursing shortage and the need for nursing education
- Endow nursing professorships and scholarships at local universities
- Provide conferences, specialty training and continuing education for Hoag nurses
- Provide operational expenses for the Marion Knott Nursing Education Center
- Retain Hoag's status as a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing services
- Seek community partners who recognize the importance of nursing and nursing education.
CNCH calls for the further development of nursing education and enhanced relationships with nursing schools. Hoag now funds several professorships at area nursing schools and the nurses from these programs are required to do their clinical rotation at Hoag. CNCH also funds nursing scholarships that allow Hoag nurses to continue their education and earn advanced nursing degrees. This builds relationships that have had a dramatic effect on nurse recruitment and retention.
To find out more about how you can support nursing at Hoag, please contact Angelina Morano, Director of Development, at (949) 764-7221 or angelina.morano@hoag.org