Scholarship funds available for Mingo County nurses interested in Faith Community Nursing

Scholarship funds are available for 20 Mingo County nurses who would like to complete the Faith Community Nursing program. 

Taught by the WVU School of Nursing, Faith Community Nursing focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community.

The course usually costs $400, but will be free to interested nurses in Mingo County this fall, thanks to the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, which awarded a $50,000 grant through the Healthy Communities Initiative for a year-long project. The grant, submitted by Sam Cotton, James Messer and Angel Smothers, will support ongoing work, especially in Mingo County.

Upon completion of the all-online eight-week course, nurses will receive 40 hours of nursing continuing professional development and a national certificate of training as a faith community nurse through the Westberg Institute. 

For more information, please contact Angel Smothers at angel.smothers@hsc.wvu.edu.