“With volunteers we can really amplify our message.”

“With volunteers we can really amplify our message.”

Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN-BC New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute From Adelisa’s volunteer experience with the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (Quality Institute) she joined on as a full-time employee. There she heads two major community health...
Nurses Raising Awareness

Nurses Raising Awareness

The Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) is grateful to Jennifer Polakowksi, Community Liaison for New Jersey Action Coalition, for arranging to have Rutgers University Nursing students participate in the “Information Alley” section of our recent Walk for...
Great resource for RN-BSN, DNP & Graduate Practicum Hours

Great resource for RN-BSN, DNP & Graduate Practicum Hours

Volunteering in community based settings is a great way to engage on a deeper level with the communities that you serve. It allows you to understand the ways in which the Social Determinants of Health affect your patients and ways that you can get more involved to be...
2020 – Expanded to Undergraduate and LPN Programs

2020 – Expanded to Undergraduate and LPN Programs

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, NJAC realized that there was a need for placements for nursing students across the state as clinical sites closed their doors. Matching nurse volunteers to community base organizations had been rolled out for 4 years at this point, so the...