09/02/2026
At this year’s Flame Forward!, Kasey Shakespear, executive director of the Rural Health Association of Utah, shared why rural healthcare is unlike anything else: delivering a child, treating their strep throat, setting their broken bones, watching them win state championships... and one day delivering their children too.
It’s a full-circle relationship most healthcare providers in urban settings never get to experience, and it’s exactly why rural nursing matters so much to our communities and Nightingale’s mission.
Curious what a nursing career path with a rural health focus could look like? Explore Nightingale’s nursing programs at nightingale.edu/programs.