Partners

Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) at Illinois State University continually seeks collaborative relationships that demonstrate sharing of resources and expertise to improve the provision of healthcare and client outcomes. Mennonite College of Nursing is currently engaged in several innovative partnerships with other healthcare organizations.

BroMenn Healthcare

• MCN and BroMenn Healthcare jointly share the position of an Endowed Professor. Dr. Sandra Burke serves in the newly created position developed to share clinical and educational expertise to advance nursing research.

Heritage Enterprises

• MCN and Heritage Enterprises worked together to begin the Joe Warner Teaching-Nursing Home Project, a creative funded project designed to bring more registered nurses into a long-term care nursing career.
• MCN and Heritage most recently teamed together to develop a project that resulted in subsequent funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Expanding the Teaching-Nursing Home Culture in the State of Illinois is funded for five years.

Irving Elementary School

• MCN works with Irving Elementary School, Bloomington, Illinois throughout the year to provide educational health programming and health physicals for children.

The John A. Hartford Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute MCN is a partner with The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for dissemination of Best Nursing Practices in Care of Older Adults. This partnership provides MCN with up-to-date leadership development materials and curriculum and lesson plans for Best Practice education in caring for older adults.

University of Iowa College of Nursing

• MCN and the University of Iowa College of Nursing received funded grant to begin a collaborative PhD program in Aging.
• MCN is a member of Iowa's Consortium.

College Advisory Committee

Mennonite College of Nursing proudly recognizes members of the College Advisory Committee, a committee that provides feedback and input about educating nursing students for future careers as registered nurses.

• BroMenn Healthcare, Normal, Illinois
• Heritage Enterprises, Bloomington, Illinois
• Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois