NSP II-08-116 Community College ’s RN Partnership Activities for Recruitment and Retention Success (5 years) Project Director: Affiliates: MedStar Health of (Good Samaritan Hospital); In this five-year plan, Community College plans to nearly double enrollments in its LPN to ’s RN program at the campus, and begin a satellite LPN to RN program at Good Samaritan Hospital. The plan calls for hiring two new full-time faculty, providing faculty mentors for every student, and providing peer tutoring. The PGCC nursing lab will be open for weekend practice sessions. Retention will also be addressed through the opening of a , and early identification of at-risk students. Partners will provide additional lab space, increased clinical rotations and student scholarships. NSP II-08-117 Initiative to Create Clinical Nurse Educator and RN to MS Tracks (3 years) Project Director: Affiliates: none This program will create a Clinical Nurse Educator track in the graduate program that will have strong secondary education and advanced clinical practice components. An efficient RN to Master’s track will also be created to encourage qualified ADN-prepared nurses to seek a master’s degree. Both tracks will offer half of the courses in distance learning format, which will be accomplished through the development of a technology supported classroom. NSP II-08-119 Nurse Support II: Statewide Increases in Master’s-Prepared Nurse Faculty, Administrators, and BSN-Prepared Bedside Nurses (5 years) Project Director: Affiliates: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Greater , This program will create a Master’s degree with a concentration in nursing education, or Clinician-to-Administrator Transition that will be available in western . The program will be a combination of distance learning and scheduling. The block scheduling will be for a specific day of the week. Students may enroll at , or . Students are anticipated to remain employed as bedside nurses while in the program. Students will have the option of or on-line format. Partnerships will provide additional clinical sites, and preceptors and mentors for students. NSP II-08-123
NSP II-08-116 ’s Community College RN Partnership Activities for Recruitment and Retention Success (5 years) Project Director: Affiliates: MedStar Health of (Good Samaritan Hospital); In this five-year plan, ’s Community College plans to nearly double enrollments in its LPN to RN program at the campus, and begin a satellite LPN to RN program at Good Samaritan Hospital. The plan calls for hiring two new full-time faculty, providing faculty mentors for every student, and providing peer tutoring. The PGCC nursing lab will be open for weekend practice sessions. Retention will also be addressed through the opening of a , and early identification of at-risk students. Partners will provide additional lab space, increased clinical rotations and student scholarships. NSP II-08-117 Initiative to Create Clinical Nurse Educator and RN to MS Tracks (3 years) Project Director: Affiliates: none This program will create a Clinical Nurse Educator track in the graduate program that will have strong secondary education and advanced clinical practice components. An efficient RN to Master’s track will also be created to encourage qualified ADN-prepared nurses to seek a master’s degree. Both tracks will offer half of the courses in distance learning format, which will be accomplished through the development of a technology supported classroom. NSP II-08-119 Nurse Support II: Statewide Increases in Master’s-Prepared Nurse Faculty, Administrators, and BSN-Prepared Bedside Nurses (5 years) Project Director: Affiliates: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Greater , This program will create a Master’s degree with a concentration in nursing education, or Clinician-to-Administrator Transition that will be available in western . The program will be a combination of distance learning and scheduling. The block scheduling will be for a specific day of the week. Students may enroll at , or . Students are anticipated to remain employed as bedside nurses while in the program. Students will have the option of or on-line format. Partnerships will provide additional clinical sites, and preceptors and mentors for students. NSP II-08-123
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