A Nursing School on Reservation Land

Deborah Wilson; Alicia Werk; Brigit Hemmer

doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000904096.09348.6a

A Nursing School on Reservation Land

Am J Nurs. 2022 Dec 1;122(12):49-55. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000904096.09348.6a.

Authors

Deborah Wilson¹, Alicia Werk, Brigit Hemmer

Affiliation

¹ Deborah Wilson is a doctoral candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD, and a member of the teaching faculty at Aaniiih Nakoda College on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, MT. Alicia Werk is an enrolled member of the Aaniiih Tribe, an MSN student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and a former nurse education instructor at Aaniiih Nakoda College, where Brigit Hemmer is the director of the Grow Our Own nursing program. Contact author: Deborah Wilson, debbiew.49@gmail.com . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Abstract

An associate degree in nursing program was established six years ago at the tribal college of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, home of the Aaniiih and Nakoda people. As this program continues to evolve and grow, it offers a successful example of how to increase diversity in nursing and potentially improve the health outcomes of Native Americans living on and nearby reservation communities.

MeSH terms

Humans
Indians, North American*
Schools, Nursing*
Universities

Grants and funding

F31 NR019742/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States