HRSA

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    VUSN to expand dementia-friendly care with $5 million HRSA GWEP grant

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2024

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    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Feb. 16, 2024

  • People on one sided glass watch students work with a patient in the simulation lab.

    School of Nursing receives HRSA grant to enhance simulation training

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Jan. 8, 2024

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    HRSA awards $4 million to VUSN to address need for nurse-midwives and access to care

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Nov. 30, 2023

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    School of Nursing improves health equity, offers specialized training with new HRSA grant

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.8 million Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce grant for a primary care nurse practitioner residency program that will recruit, train and retain primary care providers with a passion for helping rural and underserved communities. Associate Professor Pam Jones, BSN’81, MSN’92, DNP’13, FAAN, is the grant’s project director, with Associate Professor Christian Ketel, DNP’14, FNAP, serving as primary author and evaluator. Read More

    Oct. 9, 2023

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    School of Nursing improves health equity and offers specialized training with new HRSA grant

    The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing received a $2.6M four-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant, to continue its highly successful Collaborative Academic-Practice (CAP) program, which improves advanced practice nursing education and increases recruitment and retention in rural, tribal and medically underserved populations. Read More

    Aug. 31, 2023

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    School of Nursing receives HRSA grant to train community health workers

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has received a $3 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to create a training program, standardized set of competencies and certification for community health workers in Tennessee. The new initiative is in partnership with the Tennessee Community Health Worker Association and Rural Health Association of Tennessee. The Community Health Worker Training Program of Tennessee, which kicks off with informational sessions in early 2023, will train up to 90 people per year to help their communities. Read More

    Jan. 17, 2023

  • Vanderbilt family nurse practitioner student talks to a patient sitting on an exam table in a clinic.

    VUSN receives $3.2 million federal grant to increase diversity in health care providers

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2020

  • White female nurse practitioner shows something on a tablet to an older African American male patient

    Applications open for new VUSN Community-based Nurse Practitioner Residency Fellowship progam

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Feb. 5, 2020

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    School of Nursing receives $5 million in HRSA grants to increase nurse practitioners in rural, underserved areas

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Aug. 9, 2019

  • Vanderbilt SANE student Michelle Currey collects evidence with a swab.

    Immersion experience launches first class of VUSN Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner students

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently held a three-day clinical immersion to launch its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education program for advanced practice nursing students, part of a $1.43 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners are specifically trained to help victims of sexual assault, collect evidence and testify. HRSA has an initiative to increase their number nationwide and reduce the need for individuals seeking help to travel to find someone with SANE training. Read More

    Feb. 13, 2019

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    School of Nursing receives $1.43 million HRSA award to develop Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner education

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Oct. 19, 2018

  • Christian Ketel, Shelza Rivas

    School of Nursing receives $1.28 million HRSA grant for future faculty

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Jul. 10, 2018

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    VUSN receives HRSA grant for Clinic at Mercury Courts mental health providers

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Oct. 26, 2017

  • Professor Karen Hande and students

    HRSA Awards $1.2 Million to School of Nursing for Future Faculty

    Vanderbilt School of Nursing has been awarded a new five-year, $5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant to develop and provide training in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to those who work with older adults across Tennessee. The training is designed for a multidisciplinary group of… Read More

    Jul. 17, 2017