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 | Cedars-Sinai Gift to Los Angeles, CAÂThe School of Nursing at California State University, Los Angeles has received a pledge of $178,500 from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the education of two Âcohorts of 10 nursing students (a total of twenty students) over three years in the Bachelor of Science Nursing program. This support is the function of the Cedars-Sinai Institute for Professional Nurse Development, a newly-formed partnership program with Cal State L.A. specifically designed to increase the number of graduates with Bachelor of Science degrees in Nursing. These nursing students will complete their clinical rotations at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. ÂThe School of Nursing is thrilled at Cedars-SinaiÂs support of Cal State L.A.Âs nursing program expansion, said Judith Papenhausen, the SchoolÂs director. ÂOur vision is to increase the numbers of baccalaureate and advanced practice nurses we can produce over the next five years. We are grateful that Cedars-SinaiÂs strong commitment to our community and to professional nursing recognizes Cal State L.A.Âs proven capability to prepare and graduate well-educated nurses during this severe nursing shortage, she said. ÂWith the creation of a world-class nursing institute at Cedars-Sinai, we are working to increase the pool of qualified nurses and to better meet the health needs of our communities, said Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai. Commented Linda Burnes Bolton, Dr.P.H., R.N., Cedars-Sinai vice-president and chief nursing executive, ÂIn addition to clinical and specialty training, the Institute will offer customer service and satisfaction training to further enhance customer relations and to better meet the changing needs of patients and families. In the forefront of nursing education, Cal State L.A.Âs School of Nursing currently has approximately 200 pre-nursing majors, slightly more than 200 undergraduate nursing students, more than 100 graduate students and 24 full-time faculty. The Cal State L.A. nursing program has been a unit in the College of Health and Human Services since its inception, and was organized as a department in 1960. Recently granted the status of School, the expansion and development of the School of Nursing characterizes the rapid growth and increased professional status of Cal State L.A.Âs College of Health and Human Services over the past five years. Programs in nursing at Cal State L.A. are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing and were recently reaccredited for eight years by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). Since 2000, when it began surveying nursing graduate programs, U.S. News and World Report ÂBest Colleges issue has ranked Cal State L.A.Âs graduate nursing program among the top five programs in California and made it the highest-ranked program of its kind in the CSU system. Director of the School of Nursing Judith Papenhausen has been leading the UniversityÂs nursing programs for the past six years and oversaw the change from department to School status. She has been on the UniversityÂs nursing faculty since 1972. Professor Papenhausen received her B.S. and M.S. in nursing, both with high honors, from Cal State L.A., completed predoctoral work at USC and received her doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the president of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing. California State University, Los Angeles, is a comprehensive university at the heart of a major metropolitan city. The 175-acre hilltop campus is located five miles east of Los Angeles civic and cultural center. Since 1947, Cal State L.A. has been a leader in providing quality higher education. Today, the campus comprises a faculty of internationally-recognized scholars and artists, and more than 20,000 students with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds that reflects the cityÂs dynamic mix of populations. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is the largest non-profit academic medical centers in the Western United States. For the fifth straight two-year period, Cedars-Sinai has been named Southern California's gold standard in health care in an independent survey. Cedars-Sinai is internationally renowned for its diagnostic and treatment capabilities and its broad spectrum of programs and services, as well as breakthroughs in biomedical research and superlative medical education. The Medical Center ranks among the top 10 non-university hospitals in the nation for its research activities.
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