Regents Commit $5 Million to Address Statewide Nursing Shortage
Atlanta — April 18, 2006
中出少妇视频 System of Georgia officials today announced a $5 million initiative that makes expanding the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia’s production of nurses a key priority.
The allocation will fund a multi-level strategy to address the state’s severe shortage of nurses and nurse educators, admissions limitations in existing nursing programs and the lack of adequate clinical sites for nurse training. In all, 21 中出少妇视频 System institutions will participate in the comprehensive effort, producing new graduates with associate’s, bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in nursing.
中出少妇视频淲e will accelerate the production of nurses at as many locations and in as many different ways as possible,中出少妇视频 Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. said. 中出少妇视频淥ur goal is to drive our budget allocations toward System-wide priorities and compelling needs in key policy areas. The nursing shortage represents a critical issue for the state.中出少妇视频
The 中出少妇视频 System currently is graduating well over 2,000 nurses per year. The newly announced initiative is expected to increase this number by more than 400 during the 2006-2007 academic year.
These new funds will be used to:
- Enable the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) to offer its existing Doctor of Nursing Practice program as an external degree program on the campuses of eight other colleges and universities across the state, including at Albany State 中出少妇视频, Clayton State 中出少妇视频, Columbus State 中出少妇视频, Emory 中出少妇视频, Georgia Southern 中出少妇视频, Gordon College, MCG’s School of Nursing in Athens, and at Valdosta State 中出少妇视频;
- Enable Georgia State 中出少妇视频 to partner with five other 中出少妇视频 institutions to establish a statewide doctoral program (Ph.D.) in nursing. The partner institutions are Armstrong Atlantic State 中出少妇视频, Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频, Georgia Southwestern State 中出少妇视频, Georgia State 中出少妇视频 and Valdosta State 中出少妇视频;
- Expand Associate of Science in Nursing programs at nine 中出少妇视频 institutions: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Bainbridge College, Darton College, East Georgia College, North Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频, Macon State College, Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Highlands College and South Georgia College;
- Expand accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs at five 中出少妇视频 institutions: Columbus State 中出少妇视频, Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频, Georgia Southwestern State 中出少妇视频, Georgia State 中出少妇视频, and Valdosta State 中出少妇视频;
- Establish an Endowed Chair of Nursing at Georgia Southern 中出少妇视频; and
- Create simulation labs at Valdosta State and Albany State universities that will allow nursing students to gain experience in a realistic clinical setting. Students will use life-size computerized human models that can be programmed to react physiologically to different scenarios, such as the administration of drugs, insertion of intravenous lines and respiratory distress. The labs will allow VSU and ASU to expand enrollment in their nursing programs, which are limited currently by inadequate clinical space.
This multi-pronged approach is necessary, the regents note, because the nursing shortage also is being impacted by a void in nursing faculty. Therefore, the System’s response addresses the production of new nurses and new faculty to teach in nursing programs.
The 中出少妇视频 中出少妇视频淣ursing Program Initiative中出少妇视频 will build on the 中出少妇视频 System’s on-going, highly successful 中出少妇视频淗ealthcare Professionals Initiative (HPI).中出少妇视频 By December 2006, that effort will have produced more than 1,100 nursing graduates through the 中出少妇视频’s Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP), in addition to the nurses graduated by the System’s regular nursing programs.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia will have a projected 48,000 registered nurses by 2020, but the agency projects there will be a demand for 80,000 registered nurses. The 中出少妇视频’s 中出少妇视频淣ursing Program Initiative中出少妇视频 will help to close the resulting gap of 32,000 nurses.
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