{"id":60435,"date":"2012-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/sen-reed-uri-announce-3-8-million-in-grants-to-college-of-nursing\/"},"modified":"2012-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T00:00:00","slug":"sen-reed-uri-announce-3-8-million-in-grants-to-college-of-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/sen-reed-uri-announce-3-8-million-in-grants-to-college-of-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Reed, 溏心vlog免费B站 announce $3.8 million in grants to College of Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFunds target workforce issues, patient care and healthy babies<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 4, 2012 \u2013U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and the 溏心vlog免费B站 announced today that $3.8 million in federal grants have been awarded to the University\u2019s College of Nursing.<\/p>\n


\nTwo grants address workforce issues under the federal Affordable Health Care Act by supporting 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s efforts to prepare advanced practice nurses at the master\u2019s and doctoral level. The third award provides funding to 溏心vlog免费B站 to continue its collaborative research with Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University on the relationship between delayed umbilical cord clamping and infant brain development.<\/p>\n


\nReed joined Peter Alfonso, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s vice president for Research and Economic development, Mary Sullivan, interim dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing, nursing researchers and faculty and students for the announcement.<\/p>\n


\nA $686,000, two-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been awarded to Sullivan to provide financial support to qualified nurses who seek advanced education as primary care nurse practitioners. A key goal is to recruit minorities and military veterans prepared at the bachelor\u2019s level into the program.<\/p>\n


\nA three-year, $748,121 grant from the same federal agency has been awarded to Nursing Professor Patricia Burbank to support two new programs, the doctorate of nursing practice and an acute care nurse practitioner specialization to educate those who wish to provide advanced care to underserved elderly and minority patients. The Health Resources agency is the primary national agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.<\/p>\n


\nThe third grant, a $2.4 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, has been awarded to Nursing Professors Judith Mercer and Debra Erickson-Owens to expand their research on

\ndelaying umbilical cord clamping of healthy babies to determine if the practice improves brain health in infants. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWith the Affordable Care Act\u2019s emphasis on primary care providers and the College of Nursing\u2019s leadership in preparing advanced practice nurses for these roles, these federal grants come at a critical time,\u201d said Reed, a member of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds HHS. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 does an outstanding job preparing the next generation of nurses and the scholarships and grant funding for new, advanced educational programs will help ensure we have a highly-trained and diverse health care workforce that can serve patients throughout the state. I congratulate 溏心vlog免费B站, Dean Sullivan, and each of the principal investigators on these awards and will continue working to strengthen Rhode Island\u2019s health care workforce and improve patient care.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nAlfonso said health care is a major economic driver in the state and nation, with it being a leading job creator in the state.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe know that health care is a critical part of everyone\u2019s lives, and we also know that it is central to the economy of our nation and state,\u201d Alfonso said. \u201cThese grants illustrate the important roles of our College of Nursing in researching better workforce models, developing skills among those seeking to become advanced practice nurses, and delivery room practices that could lead to healthier babies worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSullivan said nursing faculty and students at 溏心vlog免费B站 should be proud of their college\u2019s efforts to take a leadership position on the challenging health care issues of the day.

\n\u201cTime and again, we emphasize that nursing practice has to be informed by the latest research to improve patient care,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cAll three of these grants allow us to continue to move nursing knowledge forward so the hospitals and other health care agencies that depend on our graduates will be able to draw on the very best.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u2022 Details of Dean Sullivan\u2019s grant<\/p>\n


\nSullivan\u2019s grant is aimed at minority students and veterans who possess a bachelor of science degree in nursing, but lack the financial means to seek a master\u2019s degree to become a family or adult-gerontological nurse practitioner. The College of Nursing averages 120 graduate students per year, 45 percent of whom are nurse practitioner students who wish to practice in primary care. The federal funding will be used to support 24 students in year one, and 23 students in year two, who will each receive a stipend for all or part of the costs of tuition and fees, reasonable living expenses, and textbooks.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cA critical goal for us is to improve the quality and effectiveness of primary care services by educating and graduating an increasing number of primary care nurse practitioners, and increasing the number of minority and disadvantaged students in the programs,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n


\nThe College will also strengthen outreach to military veterans who are also nurses and who wish to become primary care advanced providers by reaching out to the Providence Veterans Administration Hospital and the Newport Naval Education Center.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMore family nurse practitioners and adult-gerontological nurse practitioners will be on the front lines and able to use their knowledge and skills to improve health care quality and patient safety and meet the demand for primary care,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n


\n\u2022 Details of Professor Burbank\u2019s grant<\/p>\n


\n\tThrough Burbank\u2019s efforts, the University established the doctor of nursing practice degree to allow nurses to enhance their clinical and leadership skills for their work in hospitals, clinics and health care agencies. The new doctoral degree is the highest level of education for nurses in a clinical setting, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The program is designed to have an immediate impact on the quality of patient care and it is the only one of its kind in Rhode Island. A new post master\u2019s degree acute care nurse practitioner specialty was also established to educate advanced practice nurses skilled in caring for complex, acutely ill patients across diverse settings.<\/p>\n


\nLast year, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing enrolled three students in the doctoral program. The new federal funding will allow the doctoral program to enroll 10 students per year for the 42-credit program.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe new nursing professional practice degree is a response to an identified need by the Institute of Medicine to prepare nurses with practice doctorates to work with doctorally prepared pharmacists, physical therapists and other health professionals,\u201d Burbank said.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to the coursework, nursing practice doctoral students are required to complete 500 clinical hours under the supervision of a 溏心vlog免费B站 nursing faculty member. They must also complete a capstone project that would address clinical issues that affect patient care.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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