CSULA School of Nursing partners
with
RWJF site visit set for
Wednesday, Sept. 19, on the CSULA campus Los Angeles, CA
– The School of Nursing at
California State University, Los Angeles was recently chosen to
receive a two-year $300,000 grant to help create a “smooth and
timely” progression from the associate to baccalaureate degree in
nursing. The grant is awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s
(RWJF) Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program through the
California Institute of Nursing and Health Care (CINHC). The focus will be
on the implementation of a California-based Collaborative Model of
Nursing Education with a partnership between Cal State L.A. and
seven local community colleges—Cerritos, Cypress, Glendale, Long Beach
City, Los Angeles City, Pasadena and Rio Hondo Colleges. The
educational model will give nursing students the opportunity to achieve
higher degrees in order to improve patient care. On Wednesday,
Sept. 19, RWJF leaders will visit the CSULA campus to discuss how
the outcomes of this regional work on the collaborative model can impact
academic progression of nurses in California and the nation. Guests will
include Susan Hassmiller, RWJF; Mary Dickow, California Action
Coalition; Deloras Jones, CINHC; and Pat McFarland, Association of
California Nurse Leaders. “We are excited to
work with our community college partners to facilitate a seamless
transition for the completion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
(BSN) here at CSULA,” said Associate Director of the School of Nursing
at CSULA and Project Director Lorie Judson. “We have worked closely with
these partners for the past two years to integrate our curriculum and
expedite the attainment of the BSN within a year of their transfer.” In Los Angeles, 74
percent of new graduates enter the nursing workforce through community
colleges. Judson noted, “From this rich, diverse community, we will help
to increase the number and diversity of BSN graduates.” The Institute of
Medicine’s groundbreaking report, The
Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, recommended
that 80 percent of the nursing workforce be prepared at the
baccalaureate level or higher by the year 2020. At present, about half
of nurses in the United States have baccalaureate or higher degrees.
“The nation needs
a well-educated nursing workforce to ensure an adequate supply of public
health and primary care providers, improve care for patients living with
chronic illness, and in other ways meet the needs of our aging and
increasingly diverse population,” said Pamela Austin Thompson, national
program director for APIN and senior vice president for nursing at the
American Hospital Association.
The RWJF focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing
our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to
health and health care, the Foundation works with a diverse group of
organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve
comprehensive, measurable, and timely change. For
more about the Foundation:
http://www.rwjf.org.
CSULA’s nursing program, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last
year, is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing and
received continuing accreditation from the National League for Nursing
Accrediting Commission. U.S. News and World Report 2013 “America’s Best
Graduate Schools” edition has ranked CSULA’s nursing master’s degree
program among the top in the nation. CSULA is one of only two public
universities in the Los Angeles area, and the only CSU campus, listed in
the top 100. For CSULA’s School of Nursing website:
http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/hhs/nursing/.
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seven local community colleges to implement a
Collaborative Model of Nursing
Education
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