Mount Saint Mary College students, faculty, and staff with a very special guest: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing (center). Far left: Ann Marie Brooks, interim dean of the Mount’s School of Nursing.
Students, faculty, and staff from Mount Saint Mary College’s School of Nursing shared their opinions on advancing education in their field at the Leading Across Multidimensional Perspectives (LAMP) survey kick-off event on Wednesday, February 12 and Thursday, February 13.
The LAMP survey is a tool used in Nursing schools to assess the culture and climate of the learning environment, focusing on the experiences of diverse students, faculty, and staff. The goal is to identify areas for improvement and enhance students’ success and sense of belonging. It was developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
The Mount’s kick-off event featured sweet treats; a photo opportunity with a cut-out of Florence Nightingale, a statistician and the founder of modern Nursing; and of course, a chance to take the LAMP survey.
“We wanted to highlight the LAMP survey, give people a chance to have some fun, and just celebrate our appreciation for their choice of being a Nursing student here at the Mount,” said Ann Marie Brooks, interim dean of the Mount’s School of Nursing. She added, “I love Nursing and I love the Mount!”
The event was made possible through the college’s Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) grant. The Mount’s School of Nursing was awarded the $1.6 million, three-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NWD program focuses on the recruitment, support, retention, and graduation of nursing students from underrepresented groups. It increases nursing education opportunities and assists students from disadvantaged backgrounds to become baccalaureate-prepared nurses.