2020 APRN Student Scholarship Winner #1 - Rachel Hansen

NEGAPNA is thrilled to announce that Rachel Hansen has been chosen as the 2020 APRN Student Scholarship winner in the amount of $1,500.

Rachel Hansen is a graduate student enrolled in the Rivier University Family Nurse Practitioner program with an anticipated graduation in the Fall of 2021. Rachel received her accelerated post baccalaureate BSN from MCPHS University, Manchester, NH, in May 2015. She is currently a float nurse on the staffing resource team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Rachel’s passion to become a geriatric nurse practitioner stems from her diverse experience as a float nurse. Her goal is to become a hospice or palliative care nurse practitioner so that she can work closely with this unique population and address their specific healthcare needs. She is passionate about being a strong advocate for this vulnerable population, in which she aspires to focus on primary health care management, health promotion and disease prevention.

She believes there is a strong need for geriatric nurse practitioners and is excited for her future career. 

Rachel has held various leadership positions including the Nursing Students without Borders Member leadership committee and National Student Nurses’ Association member at the MCPHS University as well as the Nurse Residency Program Preceptor and Charge Nurse at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.