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Massachusetts Dedicated Education Unit

Submitted by bakinwole on Jan 7, 2010
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In January 2008, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston opened up Ellison 7, a 36-bed adult inpatient unit, to a dozen nursing students from the University of Massachusetts, Boston to begin their clinical education.

Mar 2, 2010

In Massachusetts, Future Health Care Needs Guide Nursing Education

Submitted by bakinwole on Oct 6, 2009
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Oct 6, 2009

The practice of nursing has been defined by change over the last decade. Innovations in technology and health care management have increased the demands made on nurses, and an aging baby boom generation is creating an urgent need for legions of new nurses with expanded skills. These nurses must provide the primary and preventive care, chronic care management and care coordination necessary to care for these older Americans, while keeping costs low and quality high.

Oct 6, 2009

In Florida, a Detailed Picture of the Nursing Shortage Leads to Smarter Solutions

Submitted by bakinwole on Oct 6, 2009
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Oct 6, 2009

Ever since the philosophical debate over how many teeth were in a horse’s mouth was settled by actually counting them, evidence-based research has been the cornerstone of good science and sound policy. This is exactly what’s happening at the Florida Center for Nursing in Orlando, where a veteran nurse administrator and a sociologist are setting the standard for how to measure a state’s nursing shortage with a precision that results in targeted solutions.

Oct 6, 2009

HRSA Announces Availability of Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) Grants

Submitted by bakinwole on Mar 1, 2010
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This initiative, which includes multiple programs, provides grant funds for the purchase of health professions training equipment. There are 21 health professions training programs from Titles III, VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act that fall under this initiative. Each program has limited eligible activities that are described in their respective announcements.

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State Teams Technical Assistance Program

Loan Repayment Programs for Nurse Educators and Students

Submitted by bakinwole on Mar 1, 2010
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Two major loan repayment programs are available to nurse educators and students through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration

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State Teams Technical Assistance Program

University at Albany (NY) Health Workforce Center Tracks State's RN Supply and Demand

Submitted by bakinwole on Jan 29, 2010
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Jan 29, 2010

Center's latest report, New York Registered Nurse Graduations, 1996-2010, indicates increase in Registered Nurse graduation rate for seventh consecutive year. Get copy of report here. The objective of this study and previous one is to maintain current information on trends in enrollment, graduations and the job market for RNs in New York State. Reports are free to the public, but users must adhere to Center's Terms of Use policy.

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About Nurses
Nursing in America
States in Action

Clinical Education Vital for Student Nurses

Submitted by bakinwole on Jan 12, 2010
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Jan 12, 2010

Two years ago this month, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston began a clinical training program for student nurses known as a Dedicated Education Unit (DEU). The DEU, incorporated into a 36-bed adult inpatient unit and hailed as a unique education capacity solution, was established to provide students with an opportunity to work with seasoned nursing staff in caring for surgical and multi-trauma patients who began their hospital stay in the emergency department.

HRSA Announces 2010 Funding Opportunity for the Advanced Education Nursing Program

Submitted by bakinwole on Jan 4, 2010
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Jan 4, 2010

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Division of Nursing has announced the fiscal year 2010 funding opportunity for the Advanced Education Nursing (AEN) Program.

The program announcement number for AEN is HRSA-10-065.  The CFDA number is 93.247.

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Nursing in America
State Teams Technical Assistance Program

Qualified Applications Turned Away from Entry-Level Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: 2002-2008

Submitted by bakinwole on Nov 24, 2009
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Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 13, 2009
 

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Nursing in America

Compensation and Faculty Shortage

Submitted by bakinwole on Nov 3, 2009
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Nursing faculty salaries fall far short of clinical salaries.

Nov 3, 2009
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