Penn State PRO Wellness Mentorship Opportunities
Posted about 2 years ago by Holly Verderame
Penn State PRO Wellness is launching a mentorship program for school nurses in the 11 counties in Northeast Pennsylvania and is recruiting school nurse mentees from any county in Pennsylvania
Penn State PRO Wellness at Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded $100,000 by the Moses Taylor Foundation to launch a new mentorship program for school-based nurses in northeastern Pennsylvania. The one-year pilot program will connect skilled nurses with more than five years of experience with early-career nurses to create opportunities for collaboration and professional development.
The program, which will coincide with the 2023-24 school year, begins enrolling participants in April 2023. Those applying to be mentees must be from school districts in Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne or Wyoming counties.
Nurses applying to be mentors are not required to be associated with schools in the 11-county region.
In order to be a mentee, individuals must have a bachelor’s degree in nursing or a degree in another field with unrestricted registered nurse (RN) licensure, and meet one of the following criteria:
- Are pursuing their emergency certified school nurse (CSN) certification; or
- Have graduated from a CSN program within the last three years or are school nurses with less than three years of experience.
Any nurses who are interested in the mentor or mentee spots should complete the interest form: https://redcap.link/SchoolNurseMentorshipSurvey.