California State University, Stanislaus has received a significant funding boost from a state health program working to increase the number of nurses in California.
Ranked number one in its region among the many registered nurse education programs that applied to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for funding, the CSU Stanislaus Department of Nursing was awarded $240,000. The funds were made available through the Song-Brown program, which is administered by OSHPD through the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission in an effort to help meet the demand for more qualified nurses from underrepresented minority backgrounds and to serve medically underserved areas in California.
CSU Stanislaus was one of 15 registered nurse education programs in California selected to share the $2.8 million in Song-Brown grant funding.
“The funding will help make it possible for CSU Stanislaus to provide educational opportunities for talented students to earn nursing degrees and become part of the solution to the critical need for expansion of access to quality health care in California,” CSU Stanislaus President Dr. Hamid Shirvani said.
The funding will open the way for the CSU Stanislaus Department of Nursing to admit an additional 10 students to its high demand Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) pre-licensure degree program, bringing the total of new admissions to 60 per academic year.
“CSU Stanislaus has an excellent record of attracting and admitting underrepresented minority nurses and increasing the number of nurses in medically underserved areas,” said Dr. Peggy Hodge, Department of Nursing Chair. “Approximately 89 percent of our graduates work in designated registered nurse shortage areas or medically underserved communities.” Established in fall 2002, the CSU Stanislaus BSN pre-licensure program has expanded over the years to provide more openings for the abundance of qualified applicants. The pre-licensure program supplements the department’s long-established Registered Nurse-to-Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing Degree program that debuted in 2009.
Ranked number one in its region among the many registered nurse education programs that applied to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for funding, the CSU Stanislaus Department of Nursing was awarded $240,000. The funds were made available through the Song-Brown program, which is administered by OSHPD through the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission in an effort to help meet the demand for more qualified nurses from underrepresented minority backgrounds and to serve medically underserved areas in California.
CSU Stanislaus was one of 15 registered nurse education programs in California selected to share the $2.8 million in Song-Brown grant funding.
“The funding will help make it possible for CSU Stanislaus to provide educational opportunities for talented students to earn nursing degrees and become part of the solution to the critical need for expansion of access to quality health care in California,” CSU Stanislaus President Dr. Hamid Shirvani said.
The funding will open the way for the CSU Stanislaus Department of Nursing to admit an additional 10 students to its high demand Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) pre-licensure degree program, bringing the total of new admissions to 60 per academic year.
“CSU Stanislaus has an excellent record of attracting and admitting underrepresented minority nurses and increasing the number of nurses in medically underserved areas,” said Dr. Peggy Hodge, Department of Nursing Chair. “Approximately 89 percent of our graduates work in designated registered nurse shortage areas or medically underserved communities.” Established in fall 2002, the CSU Stanislaus BSN pre-licensure program has expanded over the years to provide more openings for the abundance of qualified applicants. The pre-licensure program supplements the department’s long-established Registered Nurse-to-Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing Degree program that debuted in 2009.