The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded UB?s School of Nursing a $695,000 grant. The grant aims to increase the number of primary care providers by assisting nurses who are pursuing advanced degrees as nurse practitioners (NP).
UB was one of approximately 71 universities to receive the prestigious award. This will allow the institution to ?lead change and impact health care delivery,? said Marsha Lewis, professor and dean of the School of Nursing, in an interview with UB Reporter.
The grant is anticipated to provide financial support for approximately 30 to 40 students per semester for two years. The money will be used to cover tuition, books and living expenses, according to Robert Cenczyk, assistant to the academic dean in the School of Nursing.
Not only does it allow the school to financially assist the students, but it also slows the increasing faculty shortages at nursing schools across the country by training more advanced-educated nurses. These nationwide faculty shortages have also decreased new enrollments.
?Locally, this grant allows us to both increase the quality ofcare throughout the region and increase access to health care for older adults in Western New York,? Cenczyk said.
The grant is specifically for post-baccalaureate students who already have six credits in the post-baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and intend to go into the fields of adult NP, family NP and psych/mental health NP.
The DNP program was accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by SUNY and the New York State Education Department in 2010. ?
The accreditation ?ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate and residency programs in nursing,? according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing website. Without it, the School of Nursing would not have been eligible to apply for the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) grant.
??It?s a ?win- win? [situation] because we have students who want to go back to get their NP [degree] and now we have the accreditationand some money to put toward making that happen,? said Donna Tyrpak, director of Alumni Relations and Communications in the School of Nursing.
The serious shortage of all health care providers in the Western New York area led to 163 communities and facilities in the five-county region to be classified as Primary Medical Care Health Professional Shortage Areas by the federal government, according to Cenczyk.
However, the School of Nursing has had great success with previous findings. Over the past two years, over 50 percent of the primary care nurse practitioners supported by AENT went on to work in health professional shortage areas, Cenczyk said. After graduating from the program, the students work in a variety of settings including hospitals, outpatient primary care offices and clinics, nursing homes and home care.
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Source: http://www.ubspectrum.com/news/ub-school-of-nursing-receives-695-000-grant-1.2950107
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