The Need
Our nation urgently needs nurses and a more diverse nursing workforce to improve patient care. Studies show a direct correlation between better patient outcomes and the diversity of healthcare providers.
Our Innovative Solution
NursesMC™, a 501c3 organization, created a groundbreaking education model to address this need: a public nursing high school designed to prepare students from backgrounds underrepresented in healthcare to enter college and the healthcare workforce.
The NursesMC™ flagship school — The Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College in Providence — has proven the model’s ability to transform students’ lives. For the past five years, NursesMC’s flagship school has ranked #1 in the state for college credits and workforce credentials awarded to its students. Only 10% of them start at grade level, and 94% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch; yet as of 2022, the majority of RINI graduates were in the college pipeline, have graduated college, and/or are in a healthcare career.
The Future
Now NursesMC™ is focused on growing its network of public nursing high schools to benefit communities throughout the country. The model not only transforms students’ lives. Their success lifts up their families economically and contributes to a more stable and diverse nursing workforce that supports the health and well-being of the entire community.
