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Center for Excellence in Nursing
A Special Way to Say Thank You to Nurses
The dedicated nurses of Leesburg Regional Medical Center
and The Villages Regional Hospital provide high-quality care
to patients in our hospitals and outpatient facilities
every day. These nurses feel appreciated when they are
acknowledged for a job well done. There are times, though,
when you would like to do more than say thanks — and
a donation to the Center for Excellence in Nursing shows
the nurses who have been so important to you that their
efforts haven’t gone unnoticed.
Donations to the Center are used for the education and development of our nursing staff, to reward outstanding nurses for their contributions to the profession, to send students through nursing school and to improve patient care with nurse-approved equipment and programs. You and the nurses you are honoring will be recognized on special plaques which will be permanently displayed in the Emergency Departments of each of our hospitals.
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The Center’s Commitments
The Center for Excellence in Nursing has targeted four specific programs that nurses feel are in need of more funds.
- Nursing Education: Donations to
nursing education allow more nurses to attend advanced training
classes.
- Scholarship and Retention: To
offset the nursing shortage, our Nurse Scholars program offers
full scholarships to men and women who want to enter nursing
and other allied health professions. We offer training on
campus and offsite, in conjunction with local colleges and
universities. Upon graduation, Alliance Scholars work in
a Central Florida Health Alliance facility for at least two
years.
- Technology: Access to the latest
technology enhances our nurses’ ability to communicate,
to interface with other hospital systems, and to maximize
patient comfort and safety. If also gives them more time
to spend with their patients.
- Hospital-Specific Needs: You may wish to restrict your gift to a specific hospital or allow us to use it where the need is greatest. If the gift is restricted to one of our hospitals without a designation to a specific area, the Center for Excellence in Nursing committee will choose how to use your gift.
Honoring Our Nurses
Each year at the Center for Excellence in Nursing Appreciation Banquet, we applaud and honor all nurses working at Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital. The banquet includes scholarship announcements and the annual “Values in Action” award winners presentation.
To learn more about making a donation to the Center for Excellence in Nursing, please contact the Leesburg Regional Medical Center Foundation at (352) 323-5500 or email twilliams@cfhalliance.org.
*The initial grant for this program was generously provided by Phoenix Physicians Group, LLC
