Imperial Valley healthcare provider announces nurse training program
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) - An Imperial Valley healthcare provider announced a program that ensures patient care in the years to come.
The Imperial Valley Healthcare District (IVHD) will have the largest nurse residency in Imperial County history.
The nurse graduates will be trained at Pioneers Memorial Hospital and El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) in a variety of specialties including, emergency medicine, surgeries and maternal care.
“It has been a huge success for us in terms of able to recruit new nurses to our community and to our organization. Since its inception, it has been our current strength to hire nurses,” said Carol Bojorquez, IVHD chief nursing officer.
“The number of beds that our hospitals have combined - it’s just enough to provide care to our community of this size. The more the community grows, the more nurses will be needed in the future,” said Kimberly Probus, ECRMC chief nursing officer.
The goal is to develop a local workforce to meet the needs of the valley’s growth.
“To have these nurses to be part of the team that takes care of the community is highly important because we are managing the care of the community," said Bojorquez.
“Because there’s no one better to take care for our population than people who are members of it," said Probus.
So far, 28 nurses have been hired under this new program.
