Song Brown

Strengthening the Workforce While Empowering Future Visionary Nurse Leaders

What is Song Brown?

The Song-Brown program aims to increase the number of students and residents receiving quality primary care education and training in areas of unmet need throughout California (Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Programs, 2023). 

What Does SDSU IV Song Brown Program Entail?

  • Grant Funded Program
  • Support the success of “growing our own”
  • Supported local workforce = community members have the opportunity to obtain health and wellness where we live, learn, work, play, worship and age.
  • To support our students success, we will arm them with tools and relationships that support their growth as practicing RN’s, as leaders and as visionaries. 

How Do We...

Support Our Students to Successfully Finish Their BSN and Contribute to Our Workforce?

Monthly Meeting Covering Topics such as:

  • Self-Care
  • Time Management (& Work-School-Life Balance)
  • SMART Goals
  • Studying Tips and Tools
  • APA Writing and Library Resources
  • Leadership and Professional Roles
  • Communication & Conflict Resolution
  • Networking
  • Reflection

Resources Such as:

  • Invidualized Advising
  • Access to Writing Tutor
  • Guidance from Librarian
  • Career development opportunities through engagement with community partners

Cultivate Their Growth?

  • By getting them comfortable with being uncomfortable!
  • Positioning them in leadership roles
  • Create mentorship opportunities that transcend their academic experience

Inspire Visionaries?

Giving them the latitude to be creative and exercise ingenuity through University projects, conferences, and community-based opportunities.

Questions?

Collett Ashurst, MSN, RN, PHN
SDSU Imperial Valley (SDSU IV)
RN-BS Nursing Program Coordinator
Lecturer-School of Nursing

[email protected]

or

Sarah Bird-Vandiver
SDSU Imperial Valley
School of Nursing
Academic Advisor
[email protected]