Federal ANEW funding supports behavioral health nurse practitioner students

星期二,2023年7月25日

U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas (left) visited 主要研究’s 健康科学模拟中心 to discuss 主要研究’s role in developing a nursing workforce and to celebrate the $2.600万联邦新拨款给联合国大学. 来源:汤姆Bebbington.

主要研究 will boost a critical healthcare workforce by providing tuition assistance to scores of psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner students to work in rural and underserved communities, 多亏了2美元.600万联邦拨款.

资金来自卫生资源 & 美国服务管理局.S. 卫生和人类服务部,继续联合国卫生研究所的 高级护理教育劳动力(new) 程序. The four-year ANEW grant will provide traineeship awards to 21 nurse practitioner students annually. It will expand 程序ming and workforce development in communities with populations at risk for social determinants of health, reducing disparities to improve regional public health while working toward increasing student and faculty diversity.

“This investment will strengthen 主要研究’s training for nursing students and ensure rural and underserved communities can access the health care they need.”

“This investment will strengthen the University of New Hampshire’s training for nursing students and ensure rural and underserved communities can access the health care they need,U说。.S. 代表. 克里斯·帕帕斯(Chris Pappas)最近在参观主要研究时庆祝了这笔拨款 健康科学模拟中心 and roundtable to discuss the behavioral health and healthcare needs of New Hampshire, 特别是在农村和服务不足的地区.

“ANEW is expanding psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner clinical placements sites to integrate mental health into primary care, 称呼整个人,新导演说。 马西柯南道尔, research assistant professor of nursing and researcher with 主要研究’s Institute for 健康 Policy and Practice.

玛丽·威尔第22G, a 主要研究 psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner 程序 alumna now working in Grafton County, 获得了新的资助. “The receipt of the grant galvanized the importance of having an embedded psychiatric provider in primary care,”她说。. “Thanks to this 程序 I feel I am able to truly provide holistic care to my patients addressing their physical and emotional needs.”

联合国卫生研究所最初四年获得2美元.2019年拨款700万美元, with the aim of addressing behavioral health issues and the opioid crisis as well as the shortage of providers caring for underserved and rural populations in New Hampshire. That grant provided significant support for 54 nurse practitioner students currently working in rural and underserved communities, 奖金从5美元不等,500 to $11,根据学生的入学情况,每学期支付5万美元. 学生们在新罕布什尔州的42个练习场地工作.