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USI Nursing receives Workforce Development grant |
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The USI College of Nursing and Health
Professions undergraduate nursing program has received $324,555 from
the Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s Strategic Skills
Initiative, a program which seeks to identify critical occupational
and skill shortages throughout the state and fund grants that
address those shortages.
The largest portion of the $1.2 million grant is aimed at
alleviating projected shortages in southwestern Indiana’s
manufacturing sector, but three sub-grants are intended to increase
the capacity of the region’s nursing preparation programs. Regional
officials have forecast a shortage of both registered nurses and
licensed practical nurses and have identified insufficient funding,
training, and academic preparation as root causes for the shortages.
With its grant, USI will obtain new simulation equipment and add
nursing faculty to increase the number of nursing students in the
program, and provide students with enhanced training opportunities.
Dr. Nadine Coudret, dean of the USI College of Nursing and
Health Professions, said, “This grant will move our college to the
forefront in computerized simulation training for students in
nursing and the health professions. It merges the technology
advances that are occurring in both health care and health care
education. Students’ readiness for direct patient care will be
significantly enhanced with this simulation training." |
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