On July 22, the homegrown Coronado nursing scholarship program, named in honor of Katy Green and Cathy McJannet, held its summer recognition event at the Sharp Coronado Hospital. Eight students, all current hospital employees, received scholarships to advance their nursing educations. $64,000 has been awarded since the first disbursement in July of 2022. Thirty-one scholarships have been awarded to date. Of these, sixteen awardees have completed their nursing programs.

What’s unique about this project is that it is a scholarship program administered by Coronado nurses for Coronado nurses. It is funded by donations from Coronado residents, and it only supports Coronado Hospital’s employees.

The idea for Coronado to grow its own nurses was the brainchild of local couple Wendy McGuire and D

See Full Page