$27.4 Million to Boast Number of Nurses.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS announced Sept. 27 that it would award $27.4 million in grants and contracts in an effort to increase the number of qualified nurses and improve the quality of nursing services across the country, but Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. won t receive a penny. The agency will award 94 grants totaling more than $20.1 million to 82 colleges, universities and other organizations to increase the number of nurses with bachelor BACHELOR. The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Baccalaureus, from bacalus, or bacillus, a staff, because a staff was given, by way of distinction, into the hands of those who had completed their studies. and advanced degrees, help diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. the nurse work force and prepare more nurses to serve in public health leadership roles. Another $7.3 million will go to repay educational loans of clinical care nurses who agree to work for two years in designated public or non-profit health facilities facing a critical shortage of nurses. |
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