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MNU School of Nursing receives large grant
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Olathe, Kansas
MidAmerica Nazarene University's School of Nursing and Health Science announced that, for the fourth year in a row, it was selected as a grant recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program (NCIN). MNU will receive $100,000 to support students in the school’s accelerated Bachelor of Science in nursing program who are considered underrepresented in the field of nursing.
The NCIN Scholarship Program was launched in 2008 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to address the national nursing shortage, develop a diverse professional nursing workforce, and fuel the pipeline of nurse faculty and leaders.
At MNU, 10 scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to students entering the accelerated nursing program in January 2013. With the addition of this grant, the NCIN program will have supported 35 students in four years at MNU, and will continue to develop culturally competent health professionals and future leaders of the profession.
According to Gwen Wagner, assistant professor of nursing and NCIN coordinator, the grant has had a positive impact on MNU’s programming in addition to financial support provided to individual students.
“With the support and tools provided by RWJF, we have developed a mentoring program for our scholars drawing upon the expertise of nursing professionals in our MSN program,” Wagner said. “In addition, a leadership program has been developed for the NCIN program, in which all our accelerated students can participate. An annual summit and regular webinars provide opportunities for collaboration and the sharing of ideas with other accelerated nursing programs across the nation.”
The MNU School of Nursing and Health Science joins 54 other schools of nursing receiving this year’s funding. Additionally, the university’s ABSN program is one of only eight in the nation to have received four consecutive rounds of funding for the NCIN Scholarship Program.
--MidAmerica Nazarene University
The NCIN Scholarship Program was launched in 2008 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to address the national nursing shortage, develop a diverse professional nursing workforce, and fuel the pipeline of nurse faculty and leaders.
At MNU, 10 scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to students entering the accelerated nursing program in January 2013. With the addition of this grant, the NCIN program will have supported 35 students in four years at MNU, and will continue to develop culturally competent health professionals and future leaders of the profession.
According to Gwen Wagner, assistant professor of nursing and NCIN coordinator, the grant has had a positive impact on MNU’s programming in addition to financial support provided to individual students.
“With the support and tools provided by RWJF, we have developed a mentoring program for our scholars drawing upon the expertise of nursing professionals in our MSN program,” Wagner said. “In addition, a leadership program has been developed for the NCIN program, in which all our accelerated students can participate. An annual summit and regular webinars provide opportunities for collaboration and the sharing of ideas with other accelerated nursing programs across the nation.”
The MNU School of Nursing and Health Science joins 54 other schools of nursing receiving this year’s funding. Additionally, the university’s ABSN program is one of only eight in the nation to have received four consecutive rounds of funding for the NCIN Scholarship Program.
--MidAmerica Nazarene University
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