Temple Univ: New Grant Addresses Minority Nurse Shortage

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new grant addresses minority nurse shortage

the department of nursing at temple university's college of health professions recently secured funding from the department of health and human services' health resources and services administration (hrsa) to help local students who want to become nursing professionals. the $500,000 award will be used over the next three years to provide support to students from the north philadelphia area entering into the first year of their nursing program.

nursing professor karen m. schaefer, d.n.sc., r.n hope that the "developing diverse diamonds project" (dddp) will open doors for those whose "financial, academic and personal" circumstances limit their educational pursuits. two full-time nursing faculty members will work with schaefer to develop a set of "culturally sensitive activities" to supplement each student's current academic curriculum. read complete article at https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79091.