UA training Native American nurses to improve reservation health care

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Native American land and culture form a lot of the foundation of life in Arizona. But tribal members may have trouble finding all the medical care they need on tribal land. University of Arizona has a program to encourage more Native American s to become nurses and to work on reservations.There’s a shortage of healthcare professionals throughout the entire country but that shortage is especially acute in Native American areas.

It has a one-point-six million dollar grant to recruit Native American nursing students and help cover the cost of their training. Once they graduate they are required to spend at least two years working with a tribal health organization.That commitment to a community is important. Program Coordinator Emily Si’al has an Alaskan tribal background. She says her family often gets treatment from traveling medical professionals who may stay six months or a year, and move on.

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