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Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence

The Largest Workforce Center in the United States

The Center’s Mission

“Building upon a foundation of evidence, the Center advocates for and provides professional education, leadership development, coaching and data analysis to continually strengthen a diverse nursing and healthcare workforce.  Our defining strategy is to convene and engage the right people, at the right time, to develop and implement innovative solutions to emerging healthcare challenges.”

Our Journey to Become Inclusive

Our journey began in 2013 when we convened a group of key stakeholders to begin the conversation on how to create a more diverse and inclusive nursing workforce. This provided insight on the strategies needed to support a diversified workforce.

Contact us to learn more about the work The Center has done from the first Nurse Workforce Diversity HRSA grant to our custom programs like Bias Busters and Becoming Culturally Inclusive.

For more information, contact us at Mauritha@ColoradoNursingCenter.org 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scholarships for Nursing Pathways to Practice

We invite you to partner with us to help create a scholarship fund aimed at building our state’s nursing workforce. This fund will provide financial and professional mentor support to aspiring nurses, nursing students, and current nurses seeking to progress in their education toward a CNA, LPN, RN, BSN, MSN, APRN, PhD, and DNP.

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Explore our programs, events, and workshops to learn more about how to expand your individual career and/or develop team skills to ensure a strong healthcare workforce.

The Center works within communities throughout Colorado and across the nation building a stronger healthcare workforce. The Center’s impact on communities continues to attract loyal funding sponsors and passionate partners that embrace our mission and sustain our efforts. This powerful collaboration propels our continued growth and has made us the largest nursing workforce center in the country.

Nurse Refresher
Courses

Our State Board of Nursing approved courses are online, independent study courses designed with your needs in mind. Flexible formats allow you to update your nursing knowledge and skills while working within your busy schedule to get your license reinstated. No travel required!
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Nurse Residency
Program

The Center has been certified by the U.S. Department of Labor as a sponsor of the new nurse residency apprenticeship program.  This program is designed to make the transition to practice smoother by providing new nurses with the support they need to quickly get up to speed and serve as an invaluable clinical resource for rural healthcare facilities in need of additional staff.
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Clinical Scholar
Workshop

Are you ready to take your clinical expertise to the next level? Do you want to pay-it-forward to the next generation of nurses? Do you enjoy working with student nurses and wish you had more knowledge and skill on how to be more effective? If so,  the CNE Clinical Scholar Program is for you!
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A/D Workforce Diversity &
Innovation Program

This grant-funded program connects nursing students completing their 4th or final year with a mentor to drive engagement, increase resiliency, academic performance, and graduation rates of racially and ethnically diverse nursing students, who have been impacted by COVID-19.
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