
LAC group works with Hispanic high school students to expose them to careers in nursing
Increasing nursing workforce diversity is a key area of work for the Louisiana Action Coalition (LAC). To achieve this, a more diverse group of nursing students must be recruited into the state’s nursing programs. During the 2015-2016 school year, LAC executed a nine-month pilot program that aimed to expose students to careers in nursing through mentorship, job shadowing and observation at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Simulation Lab. LAC members, proj