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Upstate Medical University Nursing School Awarded $2.7 Million Grant Upstate Medical University Nursing School Awarded $2.7 Million Grant

By Chiann Nobrega

Upstate Medical University Nursing School Academic Building
© 2019 Chiann Nobrega, 2019

[Reporter: Chiann Nobrega]

UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF NURSING HAS RECEIVED THE ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE GRANT.

IT IS A FOUR YEAR 2.7 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS WHO WANT TO WORK IN RURAL OR UNDERSERVED AREAS AFTER GRADUATION.

THE GRANT IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING TAMMY AUSTIN-KETCH SAYS THIS GRANT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE SYRACUSE INNER CITY AREA.

[Tammy Austin-Ketch]

“Currently there is a lack of primary care services in the inner city and downtown Syracuse. As well as a lack of primary care providers in our rural and underserved areas.”

[Reporter: Chiann Nobrega]

THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 16 FULL-TIME FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER STUDENTS.

AUSTIN-KETCH SAYS THE SCHOOL WANTS THE STUDENTS TO BE WELL ROUNDED AND HAVE EXPOSURE TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

[Tammy Austin-Ketch]

“We have a greate than 80% placement percentage of students who have come from rural and underserved communities going back to those communities after they finish school to provide care in their own communities that they understand.”

[Reporter: Chiann Nobrega]

THE FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS EXPECTED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM WILL BE IN SPRING 2020.

CHIANN NOBREGA, N-C-C NEWS.

By Chiann Nobrega SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) –  A local nursing school has been awarded the advanced nursing education workforce grant.

The $2.7 million grant will support Upstate Medical University College of Nursing students who want to work in rural or underserved areas after graduation. The grant will provide scholarships for 16 full-time family nurse practitioner students.

According to Tammy Austin-Ketch, the dean and professor of the College of Nursing, the grant is very beneficial to the inner city area as well as the rural areas that surround Syracuse because of a lack of primary care services in those locations.

This grant allows the college of nursing to put out a nurse practitioner workforce in communities where there are little to no primary health care providers. It is administered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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