Current high school students who are interested in learning about the nursing field and opportunities for nursing school should apply to the Piedmont Fayette Hospital Summer Nurse Camp, June 2-4. This fun, free, and interactive camp will allow high school students to participate in a wide variety of activities including a tour of the hospital campus, shadowing clinical staff, exploring opportunities for employment post-graduation, meeting college faculty and exploring college options, and learning some new skills.
“The students participating in the camp will learn how to check blood pressure manually, infection prevention and proper hand hygiene, and basic wound care and first aid treatment,” said Halea Caudill, Residency Coordinator at Piedmont Fayette.
The camp is open to rising juniors and seniors. It will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 2-4 at Piedmont Fayette.
Students who are interested in attending the camp should email [email protected] for an application. The deadline to apply is March 21, 2025. Selected participants will be notified of their acceptance by April 1.
About Piedmont
Piedmont is empowering Georgians by changing health care. We continue to fuel Georgia’s growth through safe, high-quality care close to home through an integrated health care system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. We are a private, not-for-profit organization with more than 12,000 donors annually that for centuries has sought to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve. Across our 1,755 physical locations we care for 3.7 million patients and serve communities that comprise 80 percent of Georgia’s population. This includes 24 hospitals, 65 Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 25 QuickCare locations, 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practices and nearly 3,200 Piedmont Clinic members.
Our patients conveniently engage with Piedmont online, as they scheduled more than 612,000 online appointments and over 163,000 virtual visits. With more than 44,000 care givers we are the largest Georgia-based private employer of Georgians, who all came for the job, but stayed for the people. In 2024 and 2023, Piedmont has earned recognition from Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and also as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women. In 2022, Forbes ranked Piedmont on its list of the Best Large Employers in the United States. In addition, Piedmont provided nearly $390 million in community benefit programming and uncompensated care in Fiscal Year 2023.
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