The CompassRN Program
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CompassRN is a nurse-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization connecting youth to health education and the field of nursing. We target underserved and underrepresented middle and high school students by creating awareness around health promotion, disease prevention, and exploring the career of nursing. Involvement in our program begins in the 7th-grade and extends throughout high school, college, and nursing licensure.
EQUIPPING STUDENTS
Through a nurse-led initiative, CompassRN has developed a framework to not only educate students with life-changing health and wellness knowledge, but to also increase minority representation in the field of nursing through academic preparation, mentorship, and the pursuit for higher education.
With over 3.8 million registered nurses (RNs) nationwide, nurses from minority backgrounds represent only 19.2% of the RN workforce (American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN), 2019). Because of this, national nursing organizations voice that “recruitment of underrepresented groups into nursing is a priority of the nursing profession in the U.S.” (AACN).
Studies show that after-school and extracurricular activities may have an effect in reducing health disparities – defined as preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020).
IN THE CLASSROOM WITH COMPASS-RN
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THE FOUNDER
Renée G. Omoyeni is a native to Orlando, FL, and began her pre-nursing journey at Valencia Community College in 2002. She later transferred to Bethune Cookman University and graduated with a BSN degree in 2010. Soon after, she joined the United States Army as an RN and worked on a Med-Surg unit until 2014.
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Since that time, Renée has worked in RN case management, IV infusion therapy, and earned her MS degree in Health Education & Promotion. CompassRN was birthed from a long time passion for mentoring, a love for the nursing profession, and her own personal struggle throughout her pre-nursing journey.
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Outside of her career life, Renée is a newlywed, dog mom, brunch fanatic and ice cream lover, sports fan, enjoys traveling, the outdoors, theater shows, and the symphony.
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