Northern Nevada is growing at a pace not witnessed in recent history. As existing businesses boom and innovative new industries move into the area, Renown Health stands poised to meet the expanding needs of our community.
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Renown Health Partners with Food Bank of Northern Nevada to Support Families Impacted By Government Shutdown and SNAP Shortages
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada (FBNN) and Renown Health are partnering to expand food access for families, children and seniors affected by the federal government shutdown and recent SNAP and WIC benefit shortages. Renown Health has provided $140,000 in emergency support to help meet the region’s growing need for nutritious food.
Renown Health & UNR Orvis School of Nursing Receive National Award
Renown Health, the largest not-for-profit academic health system in the region, and the University of Nevada, Reno’s Orvis School of Nursing (OSN), Nevada’s first and longest-standing nursing school, were recognized for their exceptional academic partnership. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has selected the Gerald “Jerry” Smith Academic-Practice Partnership as a winner of the 2025 AACN Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award.
The annual awards program honors AACN member institutions that establish outstanding and model academic-practice partnerships. To be selected, academic-practice partnerships must demonstrate an innovative and sustained relationship that extends beyond clinical placements, present positive outcomes that are measurable, show a commitment to the Guiding Principles for Academic-Practice Partnerships and be in place for at least one year.
Awards will be officially presented at the AACN Academic Nursing Leadership Conference, held at the JW Marriott Washington in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 1-3, 2025.
“Winning this award affirms a partnership that goes far beyond student placements or tuition support. It’s truly bidirectional: Renown nurses enrich our curriculum and mentor our learners; OSN faculty collaborate inside the health system to strengthen care delivery; and together, we’re advancing nursing science through our joint work to establish an embedded Nurse Scientist at Renown,” said Charlie Yingling, DNP, Dean, Orvis School of Nursing. “This is how academic–practice partners should function—improving how we educate, how we practice and most importantly, how our community receives care.”
What It’s Really Like to Grow Your Career at Renown
As a People First organization, Renown Health stands out as one of the few health systems offering structured career development programs for high-performing team members. These initiatives are designed to support employees in learning, growing, and thriving in their healthcare careers.
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