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Building Capacity in Nursing Schools

February 13, 2013 | Program Result Report

Western Governors University in Salt Lake City developed and implemented a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, which provides online courses and clinical experiences to students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses.

Online Courses for Nurse Educators and Nurses on End-of-Life Care Across the Life Span

August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report

Two schools of nursing developed electronic toolkits: one for nurse educators and one for self-study by practicing nurses.

Maryland Goes Back to Basics to Prepare Students for Nursing Careers

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

From 1993 through 1997, Maryland Project L.I.N.C. (previously, Project L.I.N.C.) enrolled 75 students in the program. More than 50 percent of these participants were minorities.

Texas Takes a Community Approach to Increasing Nursing Programs

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

In 1993 and 1997, Texas Ladders in Nursing Careers (L.I.N.C.) worked to recruit students on a community-by-community basis, rather than an institution-by-institution basis.

Iowa Recruits Practitioners to Address Health Needs of an Aging Population

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

Despite an overall minority population in the state of less than 5 percent, Iowa Project L.I.N.C. recruited minority students into the program. Some 23 percent of all enrolled students were minority students.

Funding Found to be Key to Rectifying Nursing Faculty Shortage

October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) commissioned a white paper that examined the extent and causes of the nursing faculty shortage and proposed possible solutions.

Promoting Partnerships in Nursing Education

February 9, 2009 | Program Result Report

Strategic Partnerships LLC conducted an assessment to determine existing and planned initiatives in nurse retention and education, and identified opportunities for RWJF to partner in projects with some of them.

Teacher, Teacher: Certified Nurse-Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Go Back to School to Learn to Teach

June 25, 2008 | Program Result Report

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing created and implemented a nine-month faculty education project to prepare certified nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners for clinical and classroom teaching.

Educating More RNs on Nights and Weekends in New Jersey

July 28, 2008 | Program Result Report

Middlesex County College and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey launched an evening/weekend program that increased enrollment in their joint nursing program by 50 percent.

Nursing Homes Affiliated with Nursing Schools Improve Care

February 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

Evaluators at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center conducted a formal evaluation and a follow-up study of the 1982-1987 Teaching Nursing Home Program.

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