REACH

Rural Education For Advancing Community Health

Online Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Program

Start Your Healthcare Career with Flexible, Culturally-Competent Training

Rural Education for Advancing Community Health (REACH), established in 2024, is a federally funded program through the Hawaii State Rural Health Association. It was created to address health disparities in underserved and rural communities on Hawaiʻi Island by improving access to care, education, and workforce development.

Our Mission:

To improve health outcomes in rural Hawaiʻi communities by expanding digital literacy, telehealth utilization, and locally trained healthcare workforce capacity.

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Watch this video to learn how to navigate through the website! This video goes over the different buttons to press and how to use the website in a way that will best contribute to your learning!

This website was created by Jadelyn Faith Villegas, Christian Gamilo, Maureen Moreno, and Gianna Posik - four Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students, with the use of AI-assisted resource, Notebook LM, for their senior Nursing Leadership project. This website was made in collaboration with the franchise, Maikai Elderly Care Home Agency (MECHA).

These modules will be integrated into all future sessions to ensure consistency and accessibility for all future students, which is our target audience, as a hybrid course. Thus, the modules are particularly beneficial for students balancing work or personal commitments, allowing them to access materials at their convenience, while at home or on-the-go.

As a result, this project is aimed at providing a unique and positive learning experience, as it allows for enhanced skills, training, and workforce development to a broader audience, especially in rural and underserved communities.