Premera RNHI

July 3, 2025

Exciting news… rural clinical stipends are available for Autumn 2025!!

The UW Premera RNHI grant team is pleased to announce that we have the funds to provide TEN stipends ($10,000 each) to DNP students interested in rural primary care practice after graduation. This opportunity is open to students who are able to complete RURAL clinical hours this upcoming Autumn quarter / semester. Prior to applying,…


April 10, 2024

Melissa Mitchell, UW DNP ’22, in the UW SON news!

UW Premera RNHI AGNP Fellow, Melissa Mitchell (2022-2023 cohort), is featured in the UW School of Nursing news: https://nursing.uw.edu/article/rural-health-initiative-mitchell-dnp-2022/   


April 8, 2024

UW Premera RNHI ARNP Fellowship Offer Day!

It’s fellowship offer day! ARNP residencies/fellowships who are part of the Northwest Consortium of Advanced Practice Education (NW CAPE) – including the UW Premera RNHI ARNP Fellowship Program – are making job offers today for their 2024-2025 cohorts. We can’t wait to welcome our 4th cohort of rural ARNP Fellows 💜💛 (pictured: UW Premera RNHI…


January 22, 2024

UW Premera RNHI ARNP grant – Featured Project in Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)

The UW Premera RNHI grant is a “Featured Project” in the “Rural Health Models and Innovations” section of the RHI Hub this month: Rural Health Information Hub, 2024. Premera Rural Nursing Health Initiative at the University of Washington [online]. Rural Health Information Hub. Available at: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/project-examples/1131


December 28, 2023

Rural Clinical Experience: Impact on ARNP Practice Post-graduation

UW Premera RNHI Stipend Recipient Spotlight: Nawaf Alfaouri, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC graduate from Seattle University (Autumn 2021 cohort). Why did you seek this rural clinical experience and how has it impacted your ARNP practice? “I completed a rural health rotation for my Doctor of Nursing Practice program in Family and Emergency Medicine at Forks Community…


November 16, 2023

National Rural Health Day – celebrating the Power of Rural!

2023NRHDPoster On this #nationalruralhealthday, the UW Premera Rural Nursing Health Initiative (RNHI) celebrates our incredibly hard-working rural ARNP fellowship partners – administrators, preceptors, fellows, staff at the following organizations: Harbor Regional Health (HRH) in Aberdeen, WA Indian Health Service (IHS) – Colville Service Unit in Nespelem, WA (tentative for 2024-2025) Lake Chelan Health (LCH) in…


October 23, 2023

Important Dates: Rural ARNP Fellowship

UW Premera RNHI ARNP Fellowship application: – OPENS: Friday, 12/1/2023 – CLOSES: Monday, 2/12/2024 – OFFER DATE: Monday, 4/8/2024 – START DATE: Tuesday, 9/3/2024 NW CAPE Residency/Fellowship Virtual Job Fair: Saturday, 11/18/23 from 11am-1pm PT – Register here: https://bit.ly/Register2023jobfairNWCAPE  UW DNP Virtual Job Fair: Tuesday, 1/9/2024 NW CAPE Residency/Fellowship In-person Job Fair: Saturday, 1/27/24 from…