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UA Nursing School Nets $3.5 Million Grant To Boost Nursing Workforce
UA said these grants will specifically increase the number of nursing instructors and educators.
TUSCALOOSA, AL – The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing on Wednesday announced it has received more than $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to addressing Alabama’s nursing education workforce.
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The grant was secured by Susan Welch, associate professor with the Capstone College of Nursing (CCN), and was made possible by department’s Employment and Training Administration’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program. The program supports partnerships and strategies aimed at expanding and diversifying America’s pipeline of qualified nursing professionals.
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UA said these grants will specifically increase the number of nursing instructors and educators.
Welch’s project — BAMA DIstance — has the goal of increasing and diversifying the number of nurse educators in Alabama through sustained partnerships between CCN, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and academic institutions with nursing student populations from underrepresented groups.
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“The National Academies of Medicine’s ‘Future of Nursing’ calls on nursing schools to address the nurse educator shortage from diverse populations to advance health equity,” Welch said. “BAMA DIstance aims to prepare a diverse population of registered nurses to enter the nursing education workforce, both addressing the nurse educator shortage and transforming the landscape of health care in our state.”
UA explained that the project will recruit Bachelor of Science in nursing-prepared nurses in Alabama to earn a Master of Science in nursing degree with a nursing education specialty.
The program will also support participants’ transition from clinical experts to clinical nurse educators.
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