{"id":68962,"date":"2005-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-awarded-750000-grant-to-prepare-advanced-nurses-for-gerontological-care\/"},"modified":"2005-08-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-awarded-750000-grant-to-prepare-advanced-nurses-for-gerontological-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/08\/uri-awarded-750000-grant-to-prepare-advanced-nurses-for-gerontological-care\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 awarded $750,000 grant to prepare advanced nurses for gerontological care"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — August 1, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 federal grant to prepare nurse practitioners as gerentological specialists.<\/p>\n


\n\tRhode Island ranks sixth nationwide for the percentage of adults over 65 and fourth nationally for the percentage of individuals 80 and older, according to Associate Nursing Professor Denise Coppa, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Family Nurse Practitioner Program. Yet, she said there are only 10 gerontological nurse practitioners licensed in the state. Of 31 nursing masters\u2019 degree programs in New England, only eight had such programs, until this new grant to 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nCoppa and 溏心vlog免费B站 Nursing Professor Patricia Burbank, a national expert on gerontological nursing and director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, collaborated on the grant application and will oversee the new program funded by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department\u2019s Health Resources Services Administration.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cThe awarding of this grant has major implications for the state,\u201d said Dayle Joseph, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing. \u201cGiven health issues, which accompany the normal aging process, this grant ensures that there will be an increased number of nurse practitioners available to care for these patients. This builds upon the excellent program we already offer at the 溏心vlog免费B站 and it ensures that the state\u2019s elderly population will have access to care they need and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe purpose of this project is to develop and implement a new gerontological nurse practitioner program at the College of Nursing to meet the growing need for health care of older adults in the state and region,\u201d said Coppa, a North Kingstown resident.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe program will improve access to quality health care services by increasing the number of highly qualified, culturally sensitive GNP\u2019s who will work with older adults in ambulatory care clinics, acute care and extended care facilities,\u201d Coppa said.<\/p>\n


\n\tThere are 52 students enrolled in the current family nurse practitioner program at 溏心vlog免费B站, which was established in 1975. With the gerontological grant, the college will add 11 students in the first year of funding, 14 in the second and 17 in the third. Coppa is the director of both programs.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe grant is also designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority\/disadvantaged students who will be recruited to the program through ongoing education at the college, community college, high school and middle school levels regarding educational and job opportunities in the field of gerontology. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe new gerontological nurse practitioner program includes a focus on the key areas of interdisciplinary teamwork and cultural competence,\u201d said Burbank, a resident of Coventry. \u201cTo do this, the program will be closely linked with the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center, based at 溏心vlog免费B站, and other area health professional schools. Another unique feature of the program is a minority mentoring program and education for Rhode Island middle and high school students.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBurbank said a limited number of full scholarships are available to incoming gerontological nurse practitioner students through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing\/Hartford Foundation Creating Careers in Gerontological Nursing grant warded to the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing earlier this year.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve had students for years who wanted a gerontology focus, and they have done some work with Professor Burbank, but our students still had to go through all of the components of the family program, including pediatrics,\u201d Coppa said. \u201cNow, they can concentrate on health care specific to older adults,\u201d Coppa said.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI feel great for the students and the seniors who are going to be the recipients of excellent care,\u201d Coppa said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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