Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Concordia University

Workforce Solutions Capital Area partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Concordia University. Here is a summary of Concordia’s recent activities with their nursing program… Senior level nursing students participated in a disaster simulation recently on Concordia’s main campus. The nursing program partnership with United Way is continuing with the nursing students completing hearing and vision screening for 214 preschool children so far this year. Nursing students participated in a medical mission trip to Alaska this summer. On the mission trip, the nursing students participated in:

• Assisting with mulching a community garden that serves as a program for refugees in the Anchorage area as a way to grow produce and sell at local farmer’s markets for income.
• Conducting a foot care clinic at a long-term homeless shelter for elderly and medically fragile individuals where we washed feet, did basic wound care, and checked vital signs.
• Worked in a food bank to pack shelf-stable food boxes for underserved families in the community. Students also went out and assisted with a drive-thru food pantry.
• Cooked dinner for residents at an at-risk youth homeless shelter and then provided education to the group on basic hygiene to maintain health.

Concordia University is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare. Learn more about how the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership is leading workforce development in the Central Texas healthcare industry.