Sanford Health reaching future workforce through high school internship program


SIOUX FALLS, S.D., - Blake Hammer, a CNA and senior in the Sioux Falls School District, has been interning at the Good Samaritan Society over the fall semester.

“I really enjoyed it just because I got to see all the puzzle pieces of long term care put together into one cohesive unit,” Intern Black Hammer said.

“My mom is a nurse so I feel like it kind of runs in the family. My dad was also a CNA, so just kind of the skills they learned I was able to pick them up along the way and I feel like I’d be a good fit in that matter,” Hammer said.

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