{"id":57550,"date":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-nursing-professor-awarded-1-6-million-grant-to-establish-partnerships-with-2-health-agencies\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","slug":"uri-nursing-professor-awarded-1-6-million-grant-to-establish-partnerships-with-2-health-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/uri-nursing-professor-awarded-1-6-million-grant-to-establish-partnerships-with-2-health-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 nursing professor awarded $1.6 million grant to establish partnerships with 2 health agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 11, 2015 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 Nursing Professor Denise Coppa has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to establish academic and clinical partnerships with two Rhode Island community health centers.<\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站 was one of 21 schools chosen from the 300 that applied nationally.<\/p>\n

The federal Health Resources and Services Administration grant will support collaboration between 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing and Providence Community Health Centers and Thundermist Health Centers to improve advanced nursing practice and primary care access for medically underserved individuals, many of whom live in poverty. The centers will use clinical faculty from the College of Nursing to partner with their own nurse practitioners to mentor students in their agencies and patient homes. This mentoring will improve students\u2019 readiness to practice upon graduation.<\/p>\n

The project also calls for the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing\u2019s Nurse Practitioner Programs, in partnership with these agencies, to prepare 109 family nurse practitioner and adult\/gerontological nurse practitioner students over three years at either the master\u2019s degree or doctoral levels. Twenty five percent of those enrolled will be from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds.<\/p>\n

At 溏心vlog免费B站, nurse practitioner students are prepared at the master\u2019s degree or doctoral levels, and are eligible to become licensed primary care providers authorized to: order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and X-rays; diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, infections, and injuries; prescribe medications and other treatments and manage patients’ overall care.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an endorsement of our program,\u201d Coppa said. \u201cAll 溏心vlog免费B站 nurse practitioner students will be prepared to a high level of safe, quality, culturally fluent health care within the complex practice-based environment of the nation\u2019s evolving health care system. This grant project is a direct result of the Affordable Care Act, which is calling for new models that address access to primary care by underrepresented groups. We should be proud that 溏心vlog免费B站 is a leader in educating advanced practice nurses to provide this critical, comprehensive care, in collaboration with two well respected community health centers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 溏心vlog免费B站 must demonstrate the effectiveness of the project to the federal government, Coppa and her team will be researching patient satisfaction with care, preceptor satisfaction, the level of competency among nurse practitioner students, patient outcomes, workforce development and enhancement of nurse practitioner clinical education.<\/p>\n

The need for primary care is great right now, as 70,000 Rhode Islanders have been added to the state Health Exchange, and there are still individuals without health insurance. Both groups are potential patients at the centers participating in the project.<\/p>\n

Thundermist has centers in Woonsocket, West Warwick, and Wakefield that serve 43,000 patients. Nurse practitioner graduate students will provide care in all three, and they will also deliver direct care to home-based patients in the Woonsocket area. Providence Community Health Centers is the medical home for more than 50,000 people in their eight neighborhood clinics. Nurse practitioner students will be rotating at several locations across Providence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThundermist has a history of successful partnerships with the 溏心vlog免费B站 on myriad projects and initiatives, including serving as a field placement\/clinical training site for nursing, nurse practitioner, and pharmacy students\u201d, said Chuck Jones, Thundermist president and chief executive officer. \u201cWe are pleased to partner with 溏心vlog免费B站 on this very timely and innovative project. Our ability to deploy highly trained nurse practitioners into the community, to meet and care for patients where they live will be a key driver of improved health, health care and savings in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to participate in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s innovative training program,\u201d said Merrill Thomas, chief executive officer of the Providence Community Health Centers. \u201cNurse practitioners are essential members of our primary care medical team. PCHC recognizes that the primary care workforce in America continues to evolve. We are joining with 溏心vlog免费B站 to help train and mentor the next generation of primary care nurse practitioners, not just for our patients, but for all Rhode Islanders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grant allows 溏心vlog免费B站 to hire four new nurse practitioner faculty members, two of whom will be assigned to Thundermist. Through the Woonsocket branch, the faculty members will provide primary care in patients\u2019 homes and oversee nurse practitioner candidates who will gain clinical proficiency during those visits. The other two will provide primary care and oversee students at the Providence Community Health Centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe home visits resemble the public health models of the 1940s when nurses visited families in their homes and assessed the entire environment\u2014health of family members, sanitation and home conditions,\u201d Coppa said.<\/p>\n

Other major goals of the program are:<\/p>\n