TICUA Nursing Graduates Critical to Hospital Systems

"Ballad Health is an integrated community health improvement organization, comprised of 21 hospitals. We work closely with independent colleges and universities, such as King University, Milligan University and Tusculum University, to improve the health and well-being of close to one million people.

The engagement with students, faculty and graduates of our regional independent colleges and universities helps us to advance the clinical practice of nursing, enhance inter-professional collaboration, contribute to knowledge about nursing workflow and generate nursing scholarship and innovation. Inspiring and educating the next generation of nurses and nurse educators is perhaps more important now than it has ever been, and our integrated relationships with these regional institutions is critical to laying the groundwork for tomorrow’s nursing workforce in our region." 

- Lisa M. Smithgall, PhD, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC, CPNP-PC, Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Executive, Ballad Health