Nursing Receives $150,000 Grant Award
Gov. Jay Nixon was on campus Sept. 20 to announce a $150,000 grant award for Truman’s Department of Nursing to expand instructional and course offerings.
The grant, which is funded by the Caring for Missourians initiative, will provide Truman with the resources necessary to graduate at least 10-15 additional nursing students. Plans include launching three entry-level courses online to help transferring student’s transition into the accelerated (second baccalaureate degree) BSN program and increasing clinical sites and partnerships.
While visiting campus Gov. Nixon was able to tour the nursing simulation center and visit briefly with some Truman nursing students working in the center.
Grants were awarded by the Missouri State Board of Nursing on a competitive basis to seven of Missouri’s public and private universities, with only Truman and the University of Missouri, Columbia, receiving the max grant allotments.
The grant was one of more than $1 million in grants given out by the state of Missouri this year. It is supported by funds collected by the Missouri State Board of Nursing from nursing licensing fees. Caring for Missourians was launched in 2009 to provide funds for Missouri’s public intuitions to educate larger numbers of students interested in health careers.
Gov. Jay Nixon tours the nursing simulation center in the Health Sciences Building Sept. 20. Nixon was on campus to announce a $150,000 grant award for Truman’s Department of Nursing to expand instructional and course offerings.
The grant, which is funded by the Caring for Missourians initiative, will provide Truman with the resources necessary to graduate at least 10-15 additional nursing students. Plans include launching three entry-level courses online to help transferring student’s transition into the accelerated (second baccalaureate degree) BSN program and increasing clinical sites and partnerships.
While visiting campus Gov. Nixon was able to tour the nursing simulation center and visit briefly with some Truman nursing students working in the center.
Grants were awarded by the Missouri State Board of Nursing on a competitive basis to seven of Missouri’s public and private universities, with only Truman and the University of Missouri, Columbia, receiving the max grant allotments.
The grant was one of more than $1 million in grants given out by the state of Missouri this year. It is supported by funds collected by the Missouri State Board of Nursing from nursing licensing fees. Caring for Missourians was launched in 2009 to provide funds for Missouri’s public intuitions to educate larger numbers of students interested in health careers.
Gov. Jay Nixon tours the nursing simulation center in the Health Sciences Building Sept. 20. Nixon was on campus to announce a $150,000 grant award for Truman’s Department of Nursing to expand instructional and course offerings.
