Fitchburg State wins $82K grant for nursing.FITCHBURG - Fitchburg State College has been awarded an $82,725 grant from the Fairlawn Foundation of Worcester to help curb the shortage of clinical nurses and qualified nursing faculty in Worcester County Worcester County is the name of several counties in the United States of America:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a college news release, the two-year grant will support the Nursing Department's plan to address the shortages by accelerating the RN-to-BS nursing degree and the RN-to-MS in forensic nursing forensic nursing The application of forensic aspects of health care combined with the biopsychosocial education of the registered nurse in investigation and treatment of trauma, and death of victims and perpetrators of violence, criminal activity, and traumatic program through innovative Web-based distance learning. "The Fairlawn grant will enable more nurses with diplomas and associate's degrees to complete their baccalaureate degree," said Linda McKay, chairwoman of the college's Nursing Department, in a prepared statement. "Because the program is completely online, it will provide greater flexibility and accessibility for students who currently have full-time careers in healthcare. Increasing the number of RNs with baccalaureate degrees will increase the number of RNs eligible for a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in nursing. Hopefully, some of these graduates will become faculty members in the field of nursing - an area where there is currently a national shortage." Students will have the option of taking all of their classes online, or may elect to combine both on-campus and online courses. Fitchburg State College was the first public college in Massachusetts to offer a nursing program, and has educated approximately 3,000 professional nurses. Fitchburg State is one of only two state colleges accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is an autonomous nursing education accrediting agency that contributes to the improvement of the public's health. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency. . In 1996, it became the first college in the United States to offer a master of science degree in forensic nursing. |
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