Creating a Diverse Professional Nursing Workforce through Learning and Practice Communities

Overview

As of July 2008, the BSN program was awarded a federally funded grant with the purpose of increasing the professional nursing workforce through learning and practice communities. The goal of this project is to increase the academic success of students in the attainment of a baccalaureate degree in nursing through support of students in the pre-nursing courses, retention activities in the nursing curriculum, and provision of student scholarships and stipends.

Practice Partnerships

To effectively address the needs of the nursing workforce, an educational and practice consortium has been formed consisting of School of Nursing administration and faculty and nursing leaders from the health care agencies in the area.

Pre-Nursing Students

Activities to support pre-nursing students include:

• participation in a peer mentoring program

• scheduling of classes with other nursing majors

• placement in on-campus housing with other nursing majors

• faculty mentoring

• involvement in the Student Nurse’s Association

• opportunities to attend enrichment workshops

• job-shadowing opportunities

• tutorial assistance in communication, math, and science

• availability of personal and professional counseling

Pre-Nursing students are eligible for monetary stipends.

Students in the Clinical Sequence

Activities to promote retention include:

• participation in a peer mentoring program

• faculty mentoring

• workshops on PDAs and informatics

• NCLEX preparation

• training for extern opportunities

• tutorial assistance from a nurse tutor

Students in the clinical sequence are eligible for monetary stipends and scholarships

Scholarships

Eligibility Requirements

• Acceptance into the clinical nursing sequence

• Resident of the target counties*

• Agree to participate in project activities

• Rating will be based on the need for financial assistance and previous participation in the project.

Scholarships are in the amount of $1000 per year.

Stipends

Pre-Nursing Students

Eligibility Requirements

• Resident of the target counties*

• Declare nursing as their major plan of studies

• Agree to participate in project activities

• Submit an application

Stipends for Pre-Nursing students are in the amount of $500 per semester or $1000/year

Clinical Sequence Students

Eligibility Requirements

• Be a resident of the target counties*

• Acceptance into the clinical sequence

• Agree to participate in project activities

• Submit an application

Stipends for Clinical Sequence students are in the amount of $1000 / semester or $2000/year.

*Target Counties

This project is supported by funds from the Division of Nursing (DN), Bureau of Health Professionals (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under grant number D19HP09260-01-00 Nursing Workforce Diversity for $296,360. The information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position of policy of, nor should any official endorsement be inferred by, the DN, BHPr, HRSA, DHHS, or the US Government.

Application Forms

• Pre-Nursing Student Application

• Clinical Sequence Student Application

Application forms require Adobe Reader.
 

Last Updated: 07/03/2008
sstokes@troy.edu