The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence announced it is expanding its Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program to fund 50 doctoral nursing students at nearly two dozen of the nation's leading academic institutions.
As part of the expansion, The John A. Hartford Foundation and the National League for Nursing (NLN) will support doctoral students who will help meet needs in the areas of geriatrics and the science of nursing education, respectively.
The Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program was created in 2008 as a novel initiative to support educational development of new nursing faculty and stimulate models for joint faculty appointments between schools of nursing and clinical affiliates.
The grants, made through institutional awards, also prepare doctoral candidates to help students address the needs of future patients - from dealing with co-morbidities and chronic illnesses to providing culturally competent care. The Jonas Center has provided nearly $3 million to the program to date.
"Our goal is not only to increase the number of nursing faculty, but to develop educators who lead efforts to improve the quality of patient care and reduce costs - efforts that will be carried on by their students," says Darlene Curley, Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence. "Expanding the Scholar Program and partnering with prestigious schools and like-minded funders to achieve this goal are natural extensions of our original mission and will benefit countless patients nationwide."
To help train faculty specializing in geriatric nursing, a 2-year partnership with the Hartford Foundation will support the preparation of nine faculty members to specialize in geriatrics at each of the Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE), which include:
- Arizona State University
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing
- University of California San Francisco School of Nursing
- University of Iowa College of Nursing
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
- University of Utah
As part of the National League for Nursing's (NLN) goal to advance the science of nursing education, it will support ten Jonas Nursing Scholars over 2 years as they complete dissertation research related to the NLN's Priorities for Research in Nursing Education, such as curriculum design, education reform and clinical teaching models.
Two cohorts of five scholars each will be funded by the partnership.The University of Washington; the Indiana University School of Nursing; William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University; and Villanova University College of Nursing have been chosen to participate.
In addition to the institutions supported by the Hartford and NLN partnerships, the Jonas Center has selected nine leading centers of nursing education to participate in the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program. This group, which will educate 25 Jonas Scholars, includes:
- The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
- The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
- Yale School of Nursing
Grantee institutions will select Jonas Scholars from a competitive applicant pool, with special consideration for applicants' interest in high demand areas for nurse educators, such as geriatrics, mental health and community health; and potential for productive academic work and commitment to education; capacity to represent racial and ethnic diversity; and financial need.
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