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Rural Westerners More Likely to Die from COVID-19 Than City Dwellers
“What we know is that with this pandemic, many living in rural environments have not been seeking care for usual things, routine annual physicals or routine care for potential chronic conditions, that we know set them up for being at greater risk,” Audrey Snyder said. Continue reading for the full interview.

CMS Reports Rural Health: Examining Rural Hospital Bypass for Outpatient Services
GRNEN’s Leadership Team Member, Audrey Snyder, speaks on COVID-19 killing rural Americans.
INTERVIEWED BY LAUREN WEBER
“Nursing shortages and their high associated costs will become unsustainable for rural hospitals operating on razor-thin margins.” She predicted a new wave of rural hospital closures will further drive up the dire mortality numbers.

CMS Reports Rural Health: Improving Rural Community Health
GRNEN’s Leadership Team Member, Audrey Snyder, speaks on COVID-19 killing rural Americans.
INTERVIEWED BY LAUREN WEBER
“Nursing shortages and their high associated costs will become unsustainable for rural hospitals operating on razor-thin margins.” She predicted a new wave of rural hospital closures will further drive up the dire mortality numbers.

HONOR A COLLEAGUE – GRNEN RECOGNIZE A RURAL NURSE CHALLENGE
GRNEN’s Leadership Team Member, Audrey Snyder, speaks on COVID-19 killing rural Americans.
INTERVIEWED BY LAUREN WEBER
“Nursing shortages and their high associated costs will become unsustainable for rural hospitals operating on razor-thin margins.” She predicted a new wave of rural hospital closures will further drive up the dire mortality numbers.

GRNEN Leadership Team Member Interviewed – COVID-19 Killing Rural Americans
GRNEN’s Leadership Team Member, Audrey Snyder, speaks on COVID-19 killing rural Americans.
INTERVIEWED BY LAUREN WEBER
“Nursing shortages and their high associated costs will become unsustainable for rural hospitals operating on razor-thin margins.” She predicted a new wave of rural hospital closures will further drive up the dire mortality numbers.

MHCH Announces 2022-2023 Grant Application Period is Open
The Matson Halverson Christiansen Hamilton (MHCH) Foundation is pleased to announce the first round of grant recipients for their Global Rural Nursing Vitual Collaboration Learning Grant, which provides funding for partnerships between international nursing students and educators to collaborate on rural community health projects.

GRNEN at the 2021 International Rural Nursing Conference
GRNEN founders Lisa Feller and Audrey Snyder presented the mission and progress of the GRNEN at the 2021 International Rural Conference.

A Global Rural Collaboration
A Global Rural Collaboration: Student Nurses’ Engaging with Community Health Assessment Sustainable Education (CHASE) Model to Reduce Health Disparities September 22, 2021* Topic: Nurses act as community development practitioners, to
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