Georgia Southern University’s School of Nursing recently received a $1.3 million federal grant to help train nurse practitioner students to work in five health center organizations in southeastern Georgia. The program is called The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) and is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The ANEW program is intended to “support efforts to prepare advanced-practice nursing students to practice in rural and underserved settings through academic and clinical training.” Registered nurses who are working toward advanced nurse-practitioner degrees at Georgia Southern will work with five Federally Qualified Health Centers during their required clinical practicums for three to six months.
Sharon G. Radzyminski, PhD, RN, chair of Georgia Southern’s School of Nursing, tells StatesboroughHerald.com:
“If [the students] accept the traineeship money and do their practicum in one of these places, the hope is, and we would strongly encourage students to consider, working in one of these health clinics after they graduate. These clinics work with rural and underserved populations, and they are in need of primary care practitioners.”
With the grant, the academic-practice partnership between the Georgia Southern School of Nursing and the five health centers will help increase the number and readiness of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) graduates to care for rural and underserved populations. To learn more about the ANEW project, visit here.
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