Cohort 6 of the East Alabama Health (EAH) Nurse Apprenticeship Program signed their scholarship paperwork and officially joined the program in August. Among these new apprentices are four AUCON students: Harleigh Sullivan, Chloe Cope, Mya Vandiver, and Lindley Smith. These students are the 5th cohort of AUCON students to join the program.
The Nurse Apprenticeship program at EAH allows students to gain valuable one-on-one training from mentors while being paid for their clinical hours during nursing school. These students are also guaranteed a job at EAH after graduation.
In September 2022, AUCON became the first four-year program in Alabama to launch a registered apprenticeship for RNs.
“AUCON has been in partnership with EAH on the Nurse Apprenticeship Program for two years now and is proud to have been the first BSN program in the state to have entered into such a partnership,” said AUCON Clinical Associate Hadley Stewart. “We look forward to another semester of working alongside EAH staff to help our students succeed and thrive in the clinical setting.”
Alabama’s new nursing apprenticeship program is just one way that the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is partnering with colleges and universities to remove barriers to entry for students wanting to enter nursing while also helping to meet Governor Ivey’s Success Plus Goal of adding 500,000 credentialed workers to the workforce by 2025.
