Membership Centers

Rural Nursing Center of Bloomsburg University and
Shamokin Area Community Hospital
4200 Hospital Road, Coal Township, PA 17866
Phone: 1-570-644-4242
Noreen Chikotas, MSN, CRNP, Director

The Rural Nursing Center of Bloomsburg University and Shamokin Area Community Hospital is located in Northumberland County of Pennsylvania. The center is a collaborative partnership between Shamokin Area Community Hospital and Bloomsburg University, which came into being in September of 1999.

The area of Northumberland County where the center is located is designated as rural, medically undeserved (MUA) and a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The surrounding countryside is one of coal mining and farming. The Nursing Center has rural certification.

The center services all age categories in Coal Township, Shamokin and surrounding communities in the areas of primary health care, health promotion, disease prevention and risk appraisals. Both faculty of the Bloomsburg University Department of Nursing and their undergraduate and graduate nursing students provide these services and handle the administrative duties of the center. Shamokin Area Community Hospital provides in-kind services of space, equipment and administrative assistance in the areas of billing and finances.

Approximately 1200 to 1500 clients were reached through the centers efforts in health education, disease prevention and primary care services over the past year.